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Great pains but all in vain.
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honeorizonnokutabiremouke
expression
  1. going through great pains in vain
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honeorizon
noun
  1. waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort
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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
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kutabiremouke
noun, no adjective
  1. waste of effort; thankless task
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kutabireru

masu stem

kutabire
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to get tired; to become exhausted; to grow weary
  2. to become worn out; to become battered (from long use)
auxiliary, ichidan verb
  1. to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with (after the -masu stem of a verb)
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mouke
noun
  1. profit; earnings
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