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When everybody's crossing on a red, it's not so scary.
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akashingouminnadewatarebakowakunai
expression
  1. if everyone crosses against the red light together, there's nothing to be afraid of; there's no reason to feel guilty about doing something bad if everyone does it
akashingou
noun
  1. red light (traffic)
  2. red light; signal to stop; sign of danger
minna
noun, pronoun, adverb
  1. everyone; everybody; all
noun, adverb
  1. everything; all
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
wataru

Provisional Present Indicative Form

watareba
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to cross over; to go across (usu. 渡る or 渉る)
  2. to extend; to cover; to range; to span (usu. 亘る or 亙る)
kowai

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

kowakunai
i adjective
  1. scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

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