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てんしゅ
店主
わたし
ごよう
御用
うけたまわ
っております
たず
ねた

"Are you being attended to?" asked the shopkeeper.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
noun
shopkeeper
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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2
noun
1. your order; your business; official business
2. arrest; apprehension; capture
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5
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to hear; to be told; to know  (humble)
2. to receive (order); to undertake; to comply; to take (a reservation, etc.)
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3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to ask; to enquire; to inquire
2. to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate
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Kanji
テン   みせ shop   
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セン   しめる to occupy, hold   うらな to tell fortunes   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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divining rod
广
stony cliff
シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
dot   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ゴ   ギョ   honorific prefix   おん-    
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step
おろ to sell wholesale   おろし wholesaling   
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ゴ    noon   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
カン   dry; drying frame   ひ to get dry   ほ to dry (something), to air   
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
seal
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
ショウ    acquiesce   うけたまわ to hear, to be told   
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サン   み    みっ three   
water ma
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スイ   みず water   
katakana 'ma'
ジン   たずねる to inquire, to seek   
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yo = to yell / say hi
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
スン   inch
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