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身代しんだい

Pitch accent
し ん だ い Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
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    fortune;property
    幼少の時、父が死んで、その弟が、時代の衰勢と、自分の怠惰とから、すっかり、身代をつぶしてしまったらしく、後に、筆墨行商人になって、私の家へ、よく来たが、くると、母に叱られて、よわっていた。
    When I was very young, my father died. His younger brother, due to the vicissitudes of the times and to his own laziness, dissipated his own fortune and afterwards became a peddler of writing materials. He often came to our house, but when he came, my mother would scold him and he would be troubled.
Kanji
身 somebody, person, one's station in life シン 代 substitute, change, convert ダイ
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幼少の時、父が死んで、その弟が、時代の衰勢と、自分の怠惰とから、すっかり、身代をつぶしてしまったらしく、後に、筆墨行商人になって、私の家へ、よく来たが、くると、母に叱られて、よわっていた。
When I was very young, my father died. His younger brother, due to the vicissitudes of the times and to his own laziness, dissipated his own fortune and afterwards became a peddler of writing materials. He often came to our house, but when he came, my mother would scold him and he would be troubled.
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