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The paradox of sport is that it bonds as it divides.
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Vocabulary list

supootsu
noun, no adjective
  1. sport; sports
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
gyakusetsu
noun, no adjective
  1. paradox
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
supootsu
noun, no adjective
  1. sport; sports
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)
hito
noun
  1. man; person
  2. human being; mankind; people
  3. human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species
  4. character; personality
  5. man of talent; true man
  6. another person; other people; others
  7. adult
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.
wakeru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up; to classify; to sort out; to divide out
  2. to share; to distribute; to deal out; to dish out
  3. to distinguish; to discriminate; to differentiate (between)
  4. to break up (a fight); to mediate
  5. to call a draw; to tie
  6. to push one's way through (a crowd)
  7. to sell (also written as 頒ける)
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
doujini
adverb, conjunction
  1. coincident with; while; simultaneously
musubitsuku

Potential Plain Present Indicative Form

musubitsukeru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be related; to be connected; to be joined together
  2. to result in; to lead to; to bring about
musubitsukeru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
koto
noun
  1. thing; matter
  2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
  3. circumstances; situation; state of affairs
  4. work; business; affair
  5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
noun, used as a suffix
  1. nominalizing suffix
  2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
noun
  1. alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or (as AことB (A = alias, B = real name))
  2. necessity; need (as 〜ことはない)
  3. you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ... (as 〜ことだ)
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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