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今度新規ビジネスを始めるんだ。それで物は相談なんだけど、君、一枚噛んでくれないか。

Sentence Analyzer

今度 新規 ビジネス 始める それで 相談 けど 噛んでくれない

English Translation

We've got some new business coming in and I want to discuss it with you. Do you mind getting involved?

Furigana

今度(こんど)新規(しんき)ビジネスを(はじ)めるんだ。それで(もの)相談(そうだん)なんだけど、(きみ)(いち)(まい)()んでくれないか。

Romanji

Kondo shinki bijinesu o hajimeru n da. sorede mono wa sōdan na n da kedo, kimi, ichi mai kandekurenai ka.

Words

今度 (こんど)
now; this time; next time; another time
新規 (しんき)
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object (orig. meaning); new customer
ビジネス (ビジネス)
business
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
始める (はじめる)
to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate; to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.); to start ...; to begin to ...
()
yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
其れで (それで)
and; thereupon; because of that
(もの、もん)
thing; object; article; stuff; substance; one's things; possessions; property; belongings; things; something; anything; everything; nothing; quality; reason; the way of things; used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen; item classified as ...; item related to ...; work of ...; cause of ...; cause for ...; somehow; somewhat; for some reason; really; truly
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
相談 (そうだん)
consultation; discussion
けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)
but; however; although
(きみ)
you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(まい)
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper)
噛む (かむ)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore); to engage (of cogs, zippers, etc.); to mesh; to fit together; to be involved in; to fumble one's words (during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to strongly confute; to argue down; to rebuke; to scold harshly
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Readings: コン、 キン、 いま
Meaning: now
Readings: ド、 ト、 タク、 たび、 -た.い
Meanings: degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude
Readings: シン、 あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-
Meaning: new
Reading: 
Meanings: standard, measure
Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる
Meanings: commence, begin
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: ソウ、 ショウ、 あい-
Meanings: inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
Reading: ダン
Meanings: discuss, talk
Readings: クン、 きみ、 -ぎみ
Meanings: mister, you, ruler, male name suffix
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: マイ、 バイ
Meanings: sheet of..., counter for flat thin objects or sheets
Readings: コウ、 ゴウ、 か.む、 か.じる
Meanings: chew, bite, gnaw