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jmdict 1128460 Active (id: 2151428)

マッチポンプ;マッチ・ポンプ /(n) (in ref. to lighting a match and then putting it out with a water pump) stirring up trouble in order to get credit for resolving it (wasei: match, wasei: pomp)/profiting from solving problems created by oneself/EntL1128460/




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