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Wise men talk about ideas, intellectuals about facts, and the ordinary man talks about what he eats.
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Vocabulary list

kenja
noun
  1. wise person; sage
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
shisou
noun
  1. thought; idea; ideology
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.
kataru

masu stem

katari
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to talk about; to speak of; to tell; to narrate
  2. to recite; to chant
  3. to indicate; to show
chishikijin
noun
  1. intellectual
chishiki
noun
  1. knowledge; information
jin
suffix
  1. -ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite) (indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.)
  2. -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ... (indicates expertise (in a certain field))
  3. man; person; people (usu. in compound words)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
jijitsu
adverb, noun
  1. fact; truth; reality
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.
kataru
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to talk about; to speak of; to tell; to narrate
  2. to recite; to chant
  3. to indicate; to show
bonjin
noun
  1. ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
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)
kataru
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to talk about; to speak of; to tell; to narrate
  2. to recite; to chant
  3. to indicate; to show
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
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
tabemono
noun
  1. food
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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