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Zach

あ、そうだったわね。じゃあ、みみっちいのはあんたの買い方ってことね。

Sentence Analyzer

そう だった じゃあ みみっちい あんた 買い方 って こと

English Translation

Oh yes, you're right. Well, it's the way you shop that's tight-fisted then.

Furigana

あ、そうだったわね。じゃあ、みみっちいのはあんたの()(かた)ってことね。

Romanji

A, sō datta wa ne. jā, mimitchii no wa anta no kaikata tte koto ne.

Words

あっ (あっ、あ、アッ)
Ah! (expression of surprise, recollection, etc.); Oh!; Hey! (to get someone's attention)
そう (そう)
so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; wah!; boo!
(ね、ねえ)
indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not
じゃあ (じゃあ、じゃ)
then; well; so; well then; combination of 'de' and 'wa' particles; plain copula
みみっちい (みみっちい)
tightfisted; stingy; miserly; small-minded
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
貴方 (あんた)
you (familiar form of anata)
買い方 (かいかた)
buyer; purchaser
って (って、て)
casual quoting particle; indicates supposition; if ... then; indicates a rhetorical question; indicates certainty, insistence, etc.
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

Kanji

Readings: バイ、 か.う
Meaning: buy
Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative