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八方美人
【 はっぽうびじん 】
  1. [n] [yoji]
    《oft. used derogatively》
    • everybody's friend
    • people pleaser
    • person who is affable to everybody
    • flunky
  2. [n] [yoji]
    • flawlessly beautiful woman
    • flawless beauty
History:
    • A 2022-08-10 08:09:05 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      Adding yoji tags based on gakken, shinmeikai and-or jitenon
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
    • Diff
      @@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<misc>&yoji;</misc>
@@ -19,0 +21 @@
+<misc>&yoji;</misc>
    • A 2021-05-01 00:58:32 Jim Breen
    • Refs
      GG5
    • Diff
      @@ -15,0 +16 @@
+<gloss>flunky</gloss>
    • A* 2021-05-01 00:01:13 Nicolas Maia
    • Diff
      @@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<gloss>people pleaser</gloss>
    • A 2015-11-25 23:49:46 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      Putting the most common meaning first.
    • Refs
      GG5, etc.
    • Diff
      @@ -11,0 +12,6 @@
+<s_inf>oft. used derogatively</s_inf>
+<gloss>everybody's friend</gloss>
+<gloss>person who is affable to everybody</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
@@ -15,6 +20,0 @@
-<sense>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<s_inf>oft. used derogatively</s_inf>
-<gloss>everybody's friend</gloss>
-<gloss>ingratiate person</gloss>
-</sense>
    • A* 2015-11-22 07:06:56 Marcus Richert
    • Comments
      not sure if sense 2 can be applied for men as well as women 
(but sense 1 is only for women)
    • Refs
      daij
    • Diff
      @@ -12,4 +12,6 @@
-<misc>&yoji;</misc>
-<gloss>one who is affable to everybody</gloss>
-<gloss>a flunky</gloss>
-<gloss>person beautiful from all angles</gloss>
+<gloss>flawlessly beautiful woman</gloss>
+<gloss>flawless beauty</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<s_inf>oft. used derogatively</s_inf>
@@ -17 +19 @@
-<gloss>person who shows people what they want to see</gloss>
+<gloss>ingratiate person</gloss>
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