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とうとうそのセールスマン
わたし
せっとく
説得
して
こうか
高価
きかい
機械
わせた

Eventually the salesman persuaded me to buy the expensive machine.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end  (often written with kana only)
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4
noun
salesman
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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0
persuasion
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1
high price
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2
noun
1. machine; mechanism
2. instrument; appliance; apparatus  (often 器械)
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0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to buy; to purchase  (in western Japan, 買う conjugates euphonically as こうた, こうて, etc.)
2. to value; to have a high opinion
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
セツ   ゼイ   と to explain, persuade   
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eight elder brothers
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eight
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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legs
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
トク    profit   え    う to acquire   
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step
an inch at dawn
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スン   inch
タン   ダン    dawn   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
コウ   expensive; high   たか    たか expensive, tall, high   たかまる to be elevated   たかめる to promote, heighten   
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wide mouth
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wide
lid
カ   あたい price, value   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
west
キ    machine   はた loom   
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キ   いく- how many, how much   
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protection   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
tasseled spear
short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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stick   
カイ    contraption   
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カイ   いましめる to warn, admonish   
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twenty; two hands   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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バイ   か to buy   
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net
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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