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jmdict 1290950 Active (id: 2306460)
左前 [news1,nf09]
ひだりまえ [news1,nf09]
1. [n]
▶ wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead)
2. [n]
▶ downturn
▶ recession
▶ economic adversity
▶ being in a bad financial situation
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1290960 左前になる【ひだりまえになる】 1. to go downhill (e.g. for one's business); to be badly off (economically)
3. [n]
▶ front left
▶ front and left
▶ before and left



History:
14. A 2024-07-09 05:55:59  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5:〔経済的な不振〕 a [an economic] recession [depression, downturn]; economic adversity.
中辞典: 〈経済的困窮〉
¶左前である be poor; be badly off; be not well off; be short of money; 《文》 be in straitened circumstances; 《口語》 be hard up
  Comments:
A bit broader.
  Diff:
@@ -20 +20,3 @@
-<gloss>going badly (of a business, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>downturn</gloss>
+<gloss>recession</gloss>
+<gloss>economic adversity</gloss>
13. A* 2024-07-09 04:53:54 
  Diff:
@@ -20 +20 @@
-<gloss>going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy)</gloss>
+<gloss>going badly (of a business, etc.)</gloss>
12. A 2019-07-13 04:21:44  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
11. A* 2019-07-12 13:00:10  Noa
  Refs:
https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/31861/
  Diff:
@@ -22,0 +23,6 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>front left</gloss>
+<gloss>front and left</gloss>
+<gloss>before and left</gloss>
+</sense>
10. A 2013-03-28 07:50:05  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
WWW pages, all the dictionaries I have at present
  Comments:
The clothing sense seems to dominate the usage.
  Diff:
@@ -16,0 +16,4 @@
+<gloss>wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
@@ -19,5 +23,0 @@
-<sense>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<s_inf>orig. meaning</s_inf>
-<gloss>wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead)</gloss>
-</sense>
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