Need Help Translating Manga (Jap-Eng)  Hello, I need some help translating a few phrases.

The manga is called _Chinko-no-tsubuyaki_.  _Memories of ?_
1. What does "chinko" mean here?

At the beginning of the story it says "Private MB (My Boy) High School, 2 teachers, I'm here (tada ima) in the middle of an excursion."  The "I" refers to a boy.  There is the picture of a building in the background, with laughter and music.

2.  Then  it says:  Sono 1 "kore tte tatari!?" no maki. 　その１”これってたたり!?"の巻。 I don't understand this.  The character TATA is the kanji for "curse, haunt".  It didn't appear as a kanji when I typed the ひらがな　たた。I don't think it's one of the 1,945 General Use kanji.  I don't understand why the numeral 1 was used.  And I don't understand the use of って here.  Is it a colloquial substitute for は?　

3.  Further on, it says:  aya se no tonari ni suwareru nante.



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I don't understand the compound kanji ayase.

Thanks for any help you can give me!

Prof

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Mi può spiegare qualcuno le parole "le déa" nella locuzione seguente?  "Convenevole cosa è, carissime donne, che ciascuna cosa la quale l'uomo fa, dall'ammirabile e santo nome di Colui il quale di tutte fu facitore le déa principio"  ( "La Confessione del Ser Ciappelletto").  The English translation given by Stanley Appelbaum is as follows:  "It is only proper, dearest ladies, that in everything a man does he should take his start from the admirable, holy name of the One who created all things."   Is "déa" an older subjunctive form of "dia" (from "dare") dependent on "convenevole cosa è che..."?  It's the "le" that really confuses me.  It seems to be an indirect object pronoun, feminine gender (dare principio a ? = darle principio), but what does it refer to?  The skeleton seems to be "È convenevole che ciascuna cosa le déa principio da...etc.".   

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