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jmdict 2009110 Active (id: 2334374)
無いものねだり無い物強請り [rK] 無い物ねだり [sK] ない物ねだり [sK] 無いもの強請り [sK] ないもの強請り [sK]
ないものねだり
1. [n] [uk]
▶ asking for the moon
▶ asking for the impossible
▶ asking for too much
▶ thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence



History:
13. A 2025-03-15 01:50:28  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
12. A* 2025-03-15 01:26:48  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Just a noun in a kokugos.
I don't like "pining for what one doesn't have". You wouldn't pine for something you already have.
  Diff:
@@ -31 +30,0 @@
-<pos>&exp;</pos>
@@ -35 +34,2 @@
-<gloss>pining for what one doesn't have</gloss>
+<gloss>asking for the impossible</gloss>
+<gloss>asking for too much</gloss>
@@ -37,2 +36,0 @@
-<gloss>asking for too much</gloss>
-<gloss>asking for the impossible</gloss>
11. A 2025-03-15 00:02:01  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
10. A* 2025-03-14 23:50:48 
  Refs:
ないもの強請り	344
  Diff:
@@ -20,0 +21,4 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>ないもの強請り</keb>
9. A 2024-08-25 08:13:01  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,4 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>無い物強請り</keb>
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -18,4 +21,0 @@
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>無い物強請り</keb>
-<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
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