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えど
江戸
なぜ
よいご
宵越
しの
ぜに
たない
のか?
らくご
落語
ひもとくニッポンしきたり 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
0
noun
true Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo
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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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0
noun
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
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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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2
Most common form: 日本
noun
Japan
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0
noun
custom; conventional practice; mores; ordinance  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
コウ   え stream, creek   
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コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
スイ   みず water   
コ   と door   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
corpse
シ   ス   こ child   
ショウ   よい early evening   
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ショウ    resemble   
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small
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
roof   
エツ   こ    こえる to surpass   
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ソウ   はし run   
warrior   
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tasseled spear
hook
セン   ぜに money, coins   
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キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
eight
オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
three spears
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サン   み    みっ three   
ジ   も to hold, to have   
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hand
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ラク   おちる to fall   おとす to drop (something)   
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grass   
ラク    Kyoto; the capital   
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カク   each; every   おのおの each   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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go
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ゴ   かた to talk, relate   かたらう to talk together, chat   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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ゴ   いつ-    いつ five   
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