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If we pay the rent to the landlady, we won't have any money for food; we are between the devil and the deep blue sea.
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Vocabulary list

yanushi
noun
  1. landlord; landlady
  2. house owner; home owner; head of the household
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
yachin
noun
  1. rent
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
harau

Provisional Present Indicative Form

haraeba
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to pay (e.g. money, bill)
  2. to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches)
  3. to drive away (e.g. one's competitors)
  4. to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of
  5. to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern)
  6. to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert
  7. to move out (of one's own place); to vacate
  8. to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside
  9. to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy)
  10. to reset (an abacus)
shokumotsu
noun
  1. food; foodstuff
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
kau
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to buy; to purchase (in western Japan, 買う conjugates euphonically as こうた, こうて, etc.)
  2. to value; to have a high opinion
  3. to stir; to provoke; to draw upon oneself
kin
noun
  1. gold (Au); golden (color); gold (medal, cup)
no adjective, noun
  1. valuable; of highest value
noun
  1. money; gold coin
  2. Friday
  3. metal (fourth of the five elements)
  4. Jin dynasty (China, 1115-1234); Chin dynasty; Jurchen dynasty
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. gold general
noun
  1. testicles
suffix, counter
  1. karat; carat
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
nakunaru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing
  2. to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero; to not occur any more
  3. to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
shintaikiwamaru

Plain Past Indicative Form

shintaikiwamatta
expression, godan verb
  1. to be at a loss; to be in a corner
shintai
noun, suru verb
  1. advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; movement
  2. course of action; behaviour; conduct; attitude
  3. remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
kiwamaru

Plain Past Indicative Form

kiwamatta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; to terminate; to come to an end
auxiliary verb, noun or verb acting prenominally, godan verb
  1. extremely (after adjectival noun. e.g. 退屈極まる話)
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be at a loss (esp. 窮まる. occ. 谷まる)
  2. to be decided; to be settled
toiutokoro
expression
  1. the point of ...; the place where ...; the part where ...; a position described as ...
  2. a place called ...; places known as ...
  3. I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it; I suppose that ...; it's the case that ...; the situation is that ... (at sentence end)
  4. at the most; no more than
toiu
expression
  1. called; named; that says; that
  2. as many as; as much as (after a quantity)
  3. all ...; every single ... (as ...という...)
tokoro
noun, adverb, suffix
  1. place; spot; scene; site (also pronounced どころ when a suffix)
noun, suffix
  1. address
  2. district; area; locality
  3. one's house
  4. point; aspect; side; facet
  5. passage (in text); part
  6. space; room
  7. thing; matter
noun
  1. whereupon; as a result (after the plain past form of a verb)
  2. about to; on the verge of (after present form of a verb)
  3. was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing (after past form of a verb)
da
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

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