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He tried to play two roles at the same time and failed.
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nisokunowaraji
expression
  1. many irons in the fire; engaged in two trades at the same time; wearing two hats
nisoku
noun, no adjective
  1. two legs; two feet
  2. two pairs
ni
numeric
  1. two (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud; 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
soku
counter
  1. counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.
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
waraji
noun
  1. straw sandals
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.
haku

Plain Presumptive Form

hakou
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to sweep; to brush; to clean
  2. to gather silkworms
haku
haku
haku
haku
haku

Plain Presumptive Form

hakou
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear (usu. 履く or 穿く)
  2. to affix (a sword to one's hip) (usu. 佩く or 帯く)
  3. to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
haku

Plain Presumptive Form

hakou
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to vomit; to throw up; to spit up
  2. to emit; to send forth; to breathe out
  3. to give (an opinion); to make (a comment); to express; to tell
  4. to confess
haku

Plain Presumptive Form

hakou
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to daub; to brush; to touch up
Suffix after the volitional form of a verb
toshite
expression
  1. thinking that...; trying to... (after a volitional form)
Suffix after the volitional form of a verb
tosuru

te-form

toshite
expression, suru verb (irregular)
  1. to try to ...; to be about to do ... (after the volitional form of verb)
shippai
noun, no adjective, suru verb
  1. failure; mistake; blunder
suru

Plain Past Indicative Form

shita
suru verb (irregular)
  1. to do; to carry out; to perform
  2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
  3. to serve as; to act as; to work as
  4. to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  5. to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as (as 〜にする,〜とする)
  6. to decide on; to choose (as 〜にする)
suru verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) (as 〜がする)
  2. to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  3. to be worth; to cost
  4. to pass (of time); to elapse
suru verb (irregular), transitive verb
  1. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B (as AをBにする)
  2. to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B (as AをBにする)
  3. to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B (as AをBにする)
  4. to feel A about B (as AをBにする)
suffix, suru verb (irregular)
  1. verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
auxiliary verb, suru verb (irregular)
  1. creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
  2. to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to (as 〜うとする,〜ようとする)

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