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ボロいアパートだけど、
やちん
家賃
が
やす
安
いだけまし。
It's a run-down apartment, but I should be grateful that the rent is cheap.
Grammar and points of interest
だけ だけ
 
only
ボロいアパートだけど、家賃が安いだけまし。
だけまし だけまし
 
at least ~; you should be grateful for ~
ボロいアパートだけど、家賃が安いだけまし。
Words
ボ ロ い 2
1. profitable
2. worn-out; crumbling
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ア パ ー ト 2
noun
1. apartment building; apartment block; apartment house  (see also: アパートメントハウス; abbreviation)
2. apartment  (see also: アパートメント; abbreviation)
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だ け ど 1
conjunction
however
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や ち ん 1
noun
rent
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や す い 2
Most common form: やすい
1. cheap; inexpensive
2. calm; peaceful; quiet  (this meaning is restricted to form 安い)
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particle
1. only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone  (see also: しか; often written with kana only)
2. as (e.g. as soon as, as much as)  (often written with kana only)
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ま し 0
1. better; less objectionable; preferable  (esp. マシ; often written with kana only)
noun (suffix)
2. more; increase; extra
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Kanji
家
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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豕
pig
宀
roof   
賃
チン    wages, rent, fare, fee   
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貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
任
ニン    responsibility   まかす    まかせる to entrust (to)   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
壬
ニン    #9, 9th; burden   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
士
シ   samurai
安
アン   やすい peaceful; cheap   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
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