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たなか
田中
は
きみ
君
のために
ひとしばいう
一芝居打
っている
んだよ。
Tanaka is putting on an act for you.
Grammar and points of interest
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Names
たなか   Tanaka   (place name, surname, female given name)  
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Words
き み 0
1. you; buddy; pal  (also used colloquially by young females; male term or language; familiar language)
noun
2. monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master  (orig. meaning)
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noun
the same (age, social status); peer  (colloquialism)
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ひ と し ば い う つ 0
expression, 'tsu' godan verb
to play a trick; to put up a false show; to deceive someone  (see also: 芝居を打つ)
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Most common form: のです
expression
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; it is that ...
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Kanji
田
デン   た rice field   
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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丨
stick   
君
クン   きみ you   
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尹
slashed yo
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
芝
しば lawn   
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之
シン   これ    の of   
艹
grass   
居
キョ   いる to exist, to be present   
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古
コ   ふるい old   -ふるす to grow old   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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尸
corpse
打
ダ   うつ to strike   
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扌
hand
丁
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
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