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すうじつ
数日
ならまだしも
とおか
１０日
も
たいのう
滞納
している。
A few days would have been excusable, but you are in arrears for 10 days.
Grammar and points of interest
まだしも・ならまだしも まだしも・ならまだしも
 
better ~, rather ~ than ~
数日ならまだしも１０日も滞納している。
なら conditional form なら conditional form
 
(verbs, adjectives, nouns) if
数日ならまだしも１０日も滞納している。
Conjugations and inflections
  なら is the conditional form of copula だ   ALL INFLECTIONS
  滞納している is the progressive form of 'suru' verb 滞納   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
す う じ つ 0
noun
few days
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だ
だ 0
copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: た; た after certain verb forms)
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ま だ し も 1
rather; better  (often written with kana only)
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と お か 0
noun
1. the tenth day of the month
2. ten days
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た い の う 0
non-payment; default
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Kanji
数
スウ   ス   かず number   かぞえる to count   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
米
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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丷
eight
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
攵
ぼく strike   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
滞
タイ    stay over   とどこおる to pile up (work etc)   
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帯
タイ   belt   おび sash   おびる to wear, to carry   
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丗
thirty   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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冖
cover; covered   
巾
キン   turban; cloth
氵
スイ   みず water   
納
ノウ   ナッ   ナ   ナン   トウ payment, settlement   おさめる to supply   おさまる to be installed   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
内
ナイ   ダイ   うち inside   
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冂
wide
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