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<entry>
<ent_seq>2433630</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>爪の垢を煎じて飲む</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>つめの垢を煎じて飲む</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>爪のあかを煎じて飲む</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>つめのあかをせんじてのむ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&v5m;</pos>
<misc>&id;</misc>
<gloss>to take a lesson from (someone serving as an example)</gloss>
<gloss>to learn from someone's example</gloss>
<gloss g_type="lit">to boil the dirt under (someone's) fingernails and drink it</gloss>
</sense>
</entry>