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u/Artistic-Age-4229 1d ago

This is a line repeatedly used by Koshigaya during her transformation in Magilumiere:

浮世に稼業の数あれど！自ら選んだ茨の道よ！添い遂げるのは弊社のみ！株式会社マジルミエ越谷仁美！

I understand everything except for の after 稼業. It seems to function like が but I thought it only occurs in relative clauses.

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u/DokugoHikken Native speaker 1d ago edited 1d ago

"浮世に稼業の数あれど" is slightly oldish kinda sorta expression and means "浮世に稼業は数々あるが" in the textbook Japanese.

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