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"roman": "Ē, sono tōri.",
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"english": "The old man replied:\n\" […] It's strange. But it's nice; it makes them easier to remove.\"",
"ref": "2000 July 25, 時雨沢恵一, chapter 3, in キノの旅 -the Beautiful World- (キノの旅 -the Beautiful World-), →OCLC",
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[
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"text": "すると老人は、\n「[…]不思議じゃのう。しかし、おかげで外しやすくてええよ」\nSuru to rōjin wa,\n“ […] fushigi ja nō. Shikashi, o-kage de hazushiyasukute ee yo”"
},
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"english": "Although it was a chilly day, the sky was unusually blue for winter; \"I'm so glad that the weather is good\" (Akita dialect) was the substitute for a salutation.",
"ref": "2022 January 11, 山谷勉, “横手市で無病息災願う百万遍念仏講”, in 朝日新聞デジタル [Asahi Shimbun Digital]",
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"めずら"
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[
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"word": "ええ"
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"indeed"
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"oh (utterance of surprise)"
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"oh",
"oh"
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"well, let me see"
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[
"well",
"well"
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[
"let me see",
"let me see"
]
]
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"what?"
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"what"
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"sense": "yes",
"word": "はい"
},
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"sense": "yes",
"word": "うん"
},
{
"roman": "sō",
"sense": "yes",
"word": "そう"
},
{
"roman": "ā",
"sense": "yes",
"word": "ああ"
},
{
"roman": "ara",
"sense": "surprise",
"word": "あら"
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"sense": "well",
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"word": "ええ"
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[
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"じん"
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[
"思",
"し"
],
[
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"ぎ"
],
[
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"text": "すると老人は、\n「[…]不思議じゃのう。しかし、おかげで外しやすくてええよ」\nSuru to rōjin wa,\n“ […] fushigi ja nō. Shikashi, o-kage de hazushiyasukute ee yo”"
},
{
"english": "Although it was a chilly day, the sky was unusually blue for winter; \"I'm so glad that the weather is good\" (Akita dialect) was the substitute for a salutation.",
"ref": "2022 January 11, 山谷勉, “横手市で無病息災願う百万遍念仏講”, in 朝日新聞デジタル [Asahi Shimbun Digital]",
"ruby": [
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"ひ"
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"冷",
"ひ"
],
[
"込",
"こ"
],
[
"冬",
"ふゆ"
],
[
"珍",
"めずら"
],
[
"青",
"あお"
],
[
"空",
"ぞら"
],
[
"広",
"ひろ"
],
[
"天気",
"てんき"
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[
"良",
"よ"
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[
"代",
"が"
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"title": "ええ",
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