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「
えど
江戸
っ
こ
子
はなぜ
よいご
宵越
しの
ぜに
銭
を
も
持
たない
のか?
らくご
落語
でひもとくニッポンのしきたり」 title of book, album etc.
Why Doesn't the Edokko Keep His Money Overnight? Unraveling a Japanese Custom Through Traditional Comic Storytelling
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
え ど っ こ 0
noun
true Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo
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な ぜ 1
why; how  (often written with kana only)
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expression, 'i' adjective
spending a day's revenue within the day; not being attached to money (like a true Tokyoite)
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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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ら く ご 0
noun
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
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ひ も と く 3
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to read (a book); to open (a book) to read
2. to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
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に っ ぽ ん 2
Most common form: 日本
noun
Japan
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し き た り 0
noun
custom; conventional practice; mores; ordinance  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
江
コウ   え stream, creek   
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工
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
氵
スイ   みず water   
戸
コ   と door   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
尸
corpse
子
シ   ス   こ child   
宵
ショウ   よい early evening   
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肖
ショウ    resemble   
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⺌
small
⺝
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
宀
roof   
越
エツ   こす    こえる to surpass   
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走
ソウ   はしる run   
戉
warrior   
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戈
tasseled spear
hook
銭
セン   ぜに money, coins   
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金
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
丷
eight
王
オウ    king   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
㦮
three spears
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三
サン   み    みっつ three   
持
ジ   もつ to hold, to have   
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扌
hand
寺
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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寸
スン   inch
落
ラク   おちる to fall   おとす to drop (something)   
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艹
grass   
洛
ラク    Kyoto; the capital   
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各
カク   each; every   おのおの each   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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夂
go
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語
ゴ   かたる to talk, relate   かたらう to talk together, chat   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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五
ゴ   いつ-    いつつ five   
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