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Rashomon scene
羅生門Rashomon187 words → 70%
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少年帳面名前返す

帳面ちょうめんの名前なまえ

少年しょうねんは帳面ちょうめんに名前なまえを書かいた。

それを返かえしてもらうまで、三日みっかかかった。

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気になる作品、ある?じゃあ、始めよう。

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湯屋ゆやで働はたらくには、契約けいやくが必要ひつようだと、湯婆婆ゆばーばは言いった。

Meaning

Yubaba said that to work at the bathhouse, you need a contract.

Word for word

at the bathhouse · in order to work · a contract · is necessary · so · Yubaba · said

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湯屋ゆやで働はたらくには契約けいやくが必要ひつようだと、湯婆婆ゆばーばは言いったJobWordGrammarPlace湯屋ゆやbathhouseでat, inPurpose働くはたらくworkにin order toSubject契約けいやくcontractがmarks the subjectQuoted predicate必要ひつようnecessary—plain copulaQuote boundaryとquotationとends the quoted clauseSpeaker湯婆婆ゆばーばYubabaはmarks the topicPredicate言ったいったsaid—past

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