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  1. 10%の才能と20%の努力…そして、30%の臆病さ…残る40%は…“運”だろう…な…10% talent and 20% effort... and 30% caution... The remaining 40% would be... "luck," I suppose.Duke Togo ／ Golgo 13
  2. おれがうさぎのように臆病だからだ…だが…臆病のせいでこうして生きている…Because I'm as timid as a rabbit... But... it's because of that timidity that I'm still alive.Duke Togo ／ Golgo 13
  3. 人はいつか死ぬからこそ美しいPeople are beautiful precisely because they will die someday.Phoenix ／ Phoenix

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  1. 10%の才能と20%の努力…そして、30%の臆病さ…残る40%は…“運”だろう…な…

    じゅっぱーせんとのさいのうとにじゅっぱーせんとのどりょく…そして、さんじゅっぱーせんとのおくびょうさ…のこるよんじゅっぱーせんとは…“うん”だろう…な…

    10% talent and 20% effort... and 30% caution... The remaining 40% would be... "luck," I suppose.

    Duke Togo ／ Golgo 13

  2. おれがうさぎのように臆病だからだ…だが…臆病のせいでこうして生きている…

    おれがうさぎのようにおくびょうだからだ…だが…おくびょうのせいでこうしていきている…

    Because I'm as timid as a rabbit... But... it's because of that timidity that I'm still alive.

    Duke Togo ／ Golgo 13

  3. 人はいつか死ぬからこそ美しい

    ひとはいつかしぬからこそうつくしい

    People are beautiful precisely because they will die someday.

    Phoenix ／ Phoenix

  4. オムカエデゴンス

    おむかえでごんす

    I've come to fetch you! (At yer service!)

    Spider ／ Osamu Tezuka Star System

  5. アブトル・ダムラル・オムニス・ノムニス・ベル・エス・ホリマク われとともに来たり われとともに滅ぶべし

    あぶとる・だむらる・おむにす・のむにす・べる・えす・ほりまく われとともにきたり われとともにほろぶべし

    Abutoru Damuraru Omunisu Nomunisu Beru Esu Horimaku — come with me, and perish with me.

    Hosuke Sharaku ／ The Three-Eyed One

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