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Translation

  • Context: rich woman boards train.
  • {{binbou kusai} tanin to
    issho no} ressha nanka ni
    noru-n-jaa nakatta wa...

    貧乏くさい他人と
    いっしょの列車なんか
    乗るんじゃあ なかった・・・
    I shouldn't have boarded a train {together
    with {[all these peasants]}}.
    • {binbou kusai} tanin
      貧乏くさい他人
      People [who] {smell of poverty}. (literally.)
    • jaa
      じゃあ
      In this case, same as ja じゃ, but she pronounces it longer.
  • shitei-seki tottatte
    koe ga tsutsu-nuke jaa nai

    指定席とったって
    声がつつぬけじゃあない
    Even though [they] call [it] a reserved seat,
    [you] can hear voices through the walls, can't you?
    • She's complaining there's nothing special about the seat, since she can hear the peasants talking anyway.
    • to-ttatte とったって
      to itta tte と言ったって
      to itta toshite-mo と言ったとしても
      to itte-mo と言っても
      Even if you call it. Even if you say it is.
      (contraction.)
    • tsutsu-nuke
      筒抜け
      To be overheard.
  • konna-n-dattara
    inemuri dekinai kedo
    kuruma de kuru-n-datta wa

    こんなんだったら
    居眠りできないけど
    車でくるんだった
    If it's like this
    I wouldn't be able to sleep but
    I should have come by car.
    • Since janakatta can mean you shouldn't have done something, it makes sense that datta can mean you should have done something.

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