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まず
しょうばい
商売
を
はんじょう
繁昌
させて
から
つま
妻
をめとれ。
First thrive and then wive.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
ま ず 1
1. first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now  (often written with kana only)
2. hardly (with neg. verb)
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し ょ う ば い 1
trade; business; commerce; transaction; occupation
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は ん じ ょ う 1
Most common form: 繁盛
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
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つ ま 2
Most common form: 具
noun
1. wife  (this meaning is restricted to form 妻)
2. my dear; dear; honey  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to form 妻, 夫)
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め と る 2
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to marry (a woman); to take to wife
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Kanji
商
ショウ   trader   あきなう to trade, deal in   
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
冏
bright   
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冂
wide
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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儿
legs
売
バイ   うる to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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士
シ   samurai
㓁
net
繁
ハン    luxuriant, thickly growing   
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敏
ビン    cleverness   
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毎
マイ   every, each
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
毋
ボ   はは mother   
攵
ぼく strike   
糸
シ   いと thread   
昌
ショウ    prosperous   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
妻
サイ   つま wife   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
肀
slashed yo
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⺕
yo; yell
丨
stick   
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