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Grammar detail: って

って  casual version of という
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って is a simple and casual substitute for various common expressions involving と, which is used to quote speech within sentences.
Most simply, it can replace と:
ゆうがた
夕方
から
あめ
っていっていた
It said rain from this evening.
わたし
ってってくれ
って
たの
んだ

She asked me to bring them.
Often it replaces というの or というのは:
それってどう
おも

How do you feel about it?
その
しょうひん
商品
って
てんいん
店員
ように
べき
おも

Do you think I should do as the shop assistant says and buy that product?
あの
ろうじん
老人
はなし
って
しんらい
信頼
できない
I can't trust that old person's stories.
エミリーってだれ
Who's Emily?
とき
たつって
はや
ものです
Time goes by very quickly, doesn't it?
In casual speech って can also be used to end a sentence (which is uncommon with という).
むり
無理
する
って
Don't overdo it.
いしゃ
医者
なに
だって
What'd the doctor say?
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Kanji used in this grammar

セキ   ゆう night   
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ホウ   かた way, direction   
ウ   あめ    あま- rain   
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ジ   も to hold, to have   
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ライ   たよ to rely (on)   たのもしい reliable   たの to ask(for), entrust   
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シ   おも to think   
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ショウ   trader   あきな to trade, deal in   
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ヒン    elegance   しな goods   
テン   みせ shop   
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イン    employee   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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バイ   か to buy   
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ロウ   old   おいる    ふける to grow old   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ワ   はな to talk   はなし talking   
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シン    trust, faith   
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ジ   とき time, occasion   
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ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はや early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
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ム   ブ   な not   
リ    logic   
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イ    doctor   
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シャ   もの person, someone   
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カ   なに    なん what?   
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