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おやじ
親父
これって・・・
しんけん
真剣
たり
まえ
だろう
けっとう
決闘
なのだから
"Dad, this a real sword?" "Of course, it is a duel after all."
Grammar and points of interest
Words
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noun
one's father; old man; one's boss
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pronoun
1. this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic)  (see also: 何れ, 其れ, 彼:あれ; often written with kana only)
2. this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group)  (humble)
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Most common form: 中黒
noun
middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)
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0
1. seriousness; earnestness
2. real sword (as opposed to unsharpened or wooden practice weapon)
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Most common form: 当りまえ
1. natural; reasonable; obvious
2. usual; common; ordinary; commonplace; the norm
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expression
1. seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope  (see also: でしょう)
2. don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
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0
duel; shoot-out
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expression
1. used to make an assertion  (at sentence-end with falling intonation; female term or language; colloquialism)
2. used to ask a question  (at sentence-end with rising intonation; female term or language; colloquialism)
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conjunction
so; therefore  (see also: ですから)
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Kanji
シン   おや parent   したしい close, intimate   したしむ to befriend, grow close to   
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stand in the tree
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
フ   ちち father   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
crossed swords
なかぐろ middle dot   
シン   truth   ま exactly; deep   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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table
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ケン   つるぎ sword   
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ケン    unanimous   
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オウ    centre   
assembly, gathering   
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トウ   かたな sword   
トウ   あてる    あたる to hit   
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small
yo = to yell / say hi
ゼン   まえ before   
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the body part and the sword
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ニク body part   
grass   
ケツ   きめる to decide   きまる to be decided   
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スイ   みず water   
カイ   ケツ    decide, determine   
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トウ   たたか to fight, to struggle   
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トウ   ズ   まめ bean   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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スン   inch
モン   かど gate   
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