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Easier said than done.
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kuchidehaoosakanoshiromotatsu
expression
  1. talk is cheap; it's easier to say than to do; building Osaka Castle by talking
kuchi
noun
  1. mouth
  2. opening; hole; gap; orifice
  3. mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece
  4. gate; door; entrance; exit
  5. speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip)
  6. taste; palate
  7. mouth (to feed)
  8. opening (i.e. vacancy); available position
  9. invitation; summons
  10. kind; sort; type
  11. opening (i.e. beginning)
suffix, counter
  1. counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), and swords
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.)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
oosaka
noun
  1. Osaka (city, prefecture)
  2. large hill
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
mo
particle
  1. too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
  2. both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) (as AもBも)
  3. even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than (used for emphasis or to express absence of doubt regarding a quantity, etc.)
  4. even if; even though; although; in spite of (often as 〜ても, 〜でも, 〜とも, etc.)
adverb
  1. further; more; again; another; the other
tatsu
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be erected; to be built

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