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If I am dull, I am at least industrious.
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Vocabulary list

tatoe
adverb
  1. even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing; supposing that; -ever (often paired with ても, でも, and とも)
watashi
pronoun
  1. I; me (slightly formal or feminine)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
atama
noun
  1. head
  2. hair (on one's head)
  3. mind; brains; intellect
  4. leader; chief; boss; captain
  5. top; tip
  6. beginning; start
  7. head; person
  8. down payment; deposit
  9. top structural component of a kanji
  10. pair
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
nibui

Adverbial Form

nibuku
i adjective
  1. dull (e.g. a knife); blunt
  2. thickheaded; obtuse; stupid
  3. dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
  4. slow; sluggish; inert; lethargic
  5. insensitive; dull (e.g. reflexes); unperceptive; unfeeling
tomo
particle
  1. certainly; of course; to be sure; surely
  2. even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); though; although (usu. with volitional verb or adj. stem)
  3. without even; without so much as (with neg. verb)
  4. at the (least, earliest, etc.) (after an adverb)
expression
  1. also (called); also as
particle
  1. well (sometimes esp. an emphatic form of the particle と)
sukunakutomo
adverb
  1. at least
kinben
na adjective
  1. diligent; industrious
da
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

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