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Too many cooks spoil the broth.
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Vocabulary list

ryourinin
noun
  1. cook; chef
ryouri
noun, suru verb
  1. cooking; cookery; cuisine; meal; food; dish; item on a menu
  2. dealing with something; handling; administration; management (nuance of doing it easily)
nin
counter
  1. counter for people
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)
oosugiru
ichidan verb
  1. to be too numerous; to be too much
ooi

Adjective stem

oo
i adjective
  1. many; numerous; a lot
  2. large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much
  3. frequent; common
Suffix after the stem of an adjective
sugiru
ichidan verb, intransitive verb, suffix
  1. to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ... (often used after adj. stems or the -masu stems of verbs)
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)
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)
dekisokonau
godan verb
  1. to be badly made; to fail
dekiru

masu stem

deki
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task
  2. to be ready; to be completed
  3. to be made; to be built
  4. to be good at; to be permitted (to do)
  5. to become intimate; to take up (with somebody)
  6. to grow; to be raised
  7. to become pregnant
sokonau
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage; to spoil; to mar
auxiliary verb, godan verb
  1. to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...

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