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"Are you being attended to?" asked the shopkeeper.
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Vocabulary list

tenshu
noun
  1. shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
watashi
pronoun
  1. I; me (slightly formal or feminine)
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
goyou
noun
  1. (your) business; (your) concern; (your) need
  2. (customer's) order
  3. official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.)
  4. arrest; capture
noun or verb acting prenominally
  1. subservient to an authority (esp. the government); pro-government
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
uketamawaru

te-form

uketamawatte
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to hear; to be told; to know
  2. to receive (order); to undertake; to comply; to take (a reservation, etc.)
Suffix after the te form of a verb
oru

Polite Present Indicative Form

orimasu
godan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ..ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
ka
particle
  1. yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? (used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical))
  2. or; whether or not (after each alternative)
  3. some- (e.g. something, someone) (after an interrogative)
  4. hmm; huh (indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles)
prefix
  1. very (emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective)
suffix
  1. -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y (suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an indeclinable word)
adverb
  1. in that way
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
tazuneru

Plain Past Indicative Form

tazuneta
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to ask; to enquire; to inquire
  2. to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate

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