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そんなに
つっけんどん
突慳貪
にして
なん
とく
あるのか
How does it help you to be so unpleasant?
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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expression
so much; so; like that
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Most common form: つっけんどん
blunt; curt; brusque  (often written with kana only)
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expression
1. only; just because
2. although; even
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noun or verb acting prenominally
what kind; what sort
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1. profit; advantage; benefit; gain  (also written as 徳)
2. rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana  (Buddhist term)
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irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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particle
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle)
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Kanji
トツ   つ to poke   
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ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
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   
ドン   むさぼ to covet   
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コン   キン   いま now   
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assembly, gathering   
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katakana fu   
かい shellfish   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
カ   なに    なん what?   
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カ    good, possible, approval   
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hook
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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    
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