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"ref": "2017 April 15, “星杯に選ばれし者”, in CODE OF THE DUELIST, Konami",
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"english": "Granny, I’m still a boy at heart, so make it 200 yen for two.",
"ref": "2011 February 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第三百三十四訓 銭湯では身も心も丸裸”, in 銀魂 (銀魂), volume 38 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha",
"roman": "Bā-san ore wa kokoro wa shōnen da kara futari de nihyaku-en de tanomu wa",
"ruby": [
[
"第",
"だい"
],
[
"三",
"さん"
],
[
"百",
"びゃく"
],
[
"三",
"さん"
],
[
"十",
"じゅう"
],
[
"四",
"よん"
],
[
"訓",
"くん"
],
[
"銭",
"せん"
],
[
"湯",
"とう"
],
[
"身",
"み"
],
[
"心",
"こころ"
],
[
"丸",
"まる"
],
[
"裸",
"はだか"
],
[
"銀",
"ぎん"
],
[
"魂",
"たま"
],
[
"銀",
"ぎん"
],
[
"魂",
"たま"
],
[
"俺",
"おれ"
],
[
"心",
"こころ"
],
[
"少",
"しょう"
],
[
"年",
"ねん"
],
[
"二",
"ふた"
],
[
"人",
"り"
],
[
"200",
"にひゃく"
],
[
"円",
"えん"
],
[
"頼",
"たの"
]
],
"text": "バーさん 俺は心は少年だから二人で200円で頼むわ"
},
{
"english": "An upright boy armed with the remains of Mechstrosities.",
"ref": "2017 April 15, “星杯に選ばれし者”, in CODE OF THE DUELIST, Konami",
"roman": "Kikai no zangai de busō suru, massugu na kokoro no shōnen.",
"ruby": [
[
"星",
"せい"
],
[
"杯",
"はい"
],
[
"選",
"えら"
],
[
"者",
"もの"
],
[
"CODE",
"コード"
],
[
"OF",
"オブ"
],
[
"THE",
"ザ"
],
[
"DUELIST",
"デュエリスト"
],
[
"機",
"き"
],
[
"怪",
"かい"
],
[
"残",
"ざん"
],
[
"骸",
"がい"
],
[
"武",
"ぶ"
],
[
"装",
"そう"
],
[
"真",
"ま"
],
[
"直",
"す"
],
[
"心",
"こころ"
],
[
"少",
"しょう"
],
[
"年",
"ねん"
]
],
"text": "機怪の残骸で武装する、真っ直ぐな心の少年。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a boy, a young man"
],
"links": [
[
"boy",
"boy"
],
[
"young",
"young"
],
[
"man",
"man"
]
],
"wikipedia": [
"Boy",
"ja:少年"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "しょーねん"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɕo̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]"
}
],
"word": "少年"
}
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"msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
"path": [
"少年"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "少年",
"trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}
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}
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