八方美人
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はっぽうびじん 】
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[n]
[yoji]
《oft. used derogatively》
- everybody's friend
- people pleaser
- person who is affable to everybody
- flunky
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[n]
[yoji]
- flawlessly beautiful woman
- flawless beauty
History:
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A 2022-08-10 08:09:05 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> - Comments
Adding yoji tags based on gakken, shinmeikai and-or jitenon -*- via bulkupd.py -*-
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@@ -11,0 +12 @@ +<misc>&yoji;</misc> @@ -19,0 +21 @@ +<misc>&yoji;</misc>
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A 2021-05-01 00:58:32 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> - Refs
GG5
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@@ -15,0 +16 @@ +<gloss>flunky</gloss>
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A* 2021-05-01 00:01:13 Nicolas Maia - Diff
@@ -13,0 +14 @@ +<gloss>people pleaser</gloss>
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A 2015-11-25 23:49:46 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> - Comments
Putting the most common meaning first.
- Refs
GG5, etc.
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@@ -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>
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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)
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daij
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@@ -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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