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しょうばい
商売
は
せんげつ
先月
ちょっと
ふちょう
不調
だった。
Business was a little slow last month.
Grammar and points of interest
Words
し ょ う ば い 1
trade; business; commerce; transaction; occupation
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せ ん げ つ 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
last month
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ち ょ っ と 1 ち ょ っ と 0
Most common form: ちょいと
1. just a minute; short time; just a little  (often written with kana only)
2. somewhat; easily; readily; rather  (often written with kana only)
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ふ ち ょ う 0
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump; out of form
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expression
was  (see also: だ; past tense of plain copula)
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Kanji
商
ショウ   trader   あきなう to trade, deal in   
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
冏
bright   
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冂
wide
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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儿
legs
売
バイ   うる to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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士
シ   samurai
㓁
net
先
セン   さき ahead   
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⺧
whereupon by the ground
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
不
フ   ブ    not   
調
チョウ   しらべる to investigate   ととのう to be arranged, to be in order   ととのえる to adjust, tune   
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周
シュウ   まわり circumference   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
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