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Portia tempered justice with mercy.
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Vocabulary list

ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
seigi
noun
  1. justice; right; righteousness
  2. correct meaning; correct explanation (usu. in titles of annotated editions of Confucian classics)
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
jihi
noun, no adjective
  1. mercy; compassion; clemency; pity; charity; benevolence
noun
  1. Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
yawaragu

Potential Plain Past Indicative Form

yawarageta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
yawarageru

Plain Past Indicative Form

yawarageta
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to soften; to moderate; to relieve

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