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みつびし
三菱
さん
しろ
かす
ために
いえ
しています
Mr. Mitsubishi is drinking at home to save his drinking money.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
noun
Mitsubishi (company)
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suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san  (see also: ; after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific; familiar language)
2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)  (see also: ご苦労さん; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)
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0 2
Most common form: 飲代
noun
drink money; drinking money
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0
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to float
2. to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp
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2
conjunction
1. for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of  (often written with kana only)
2. because of; as a result of  (often written with kana only)
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2
noun
1. house; residence; dwelling
2. family; household
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2
noun
1. drink; drinking  (abbreviation)
2. spigot; tap (in a cask, etc.)
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
サン   み    みっ three   
リョウ   diamond   ひし    
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dawdle
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go
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セン   さき ahead   
grass   
イン   の to drink   
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ケツ   か to lack   かける to be lacking   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
corner
eat; food
タイ   ダイ   かえる to replace, to exchange   かわる to be exchanged   よ the world   しろ substitute   
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shoot
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
フ   うかぶ    う to float   うかべる to launch, to refloat, to waft   うかれる to frolic   
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nourishment   
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シ   ス   こ child   
claw
スイ   みず water   
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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pig
roof   
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