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<entry id="2297619" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1831180</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>脛かじり</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>脛齧り</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>スネ齧り</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>すね齧り</keb>
<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>スネ噛り</keb>
<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>脛噛り</keb>
<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>すねかじり</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<gloss>sponger (e.g. off one's parents)</gloss>
<gloss>hanger-on</gloss>
<gloss>freeloader</gloss>
<gloss>leech</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2012-12-18 04:40:42" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>web hits-390k vs 30k</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,0 +12,1 @@
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-12-18 05:07:38" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-12-18 06:10:20" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>Daijr "親などから..."</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -13,1 +13,1 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;sponging off one's parents&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;sponging (e.g. off one's parents)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-12-19 05:21:41" stat="A">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2017-02-24 16:52:00" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_refs>daijr/s: "また、その人"</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;sponger&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2017-02-24 21:44:16" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-04-23 19:08:36" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_refs>Seen in a gameo.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -9,0 +10,3 @@
+&lt;r_ele&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;スネかじり&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;/r_ele&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-04-24 05:54:14" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Could be split into senses.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>GG5: 脛噛り
Daijr: 脛齧り
G n-grams:
脛齧り	469
すねかじり	16486
スネかじり	4669
スネ齧り	227
脛噛り	36
スネ噛り	23
すね齧り	82
すね噛り	&lt; 20</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -6,0 +7,12 @@
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;スネ齧り&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;すね齧り&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;スネ噛り&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;脛噛り&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
@@ -8,0 +21,3 @@
+&lt;re_restr&gt;脛齧り&lt;/re_restr&gt;
+&lt;re_restr&gt;すね齧り&lt;/re_restr&gt;
+&lt;re_restr&gt;脛噛り&lt;/re_restr&gt;
@@ -11,0 +27,2 @@
+&lt;re_restr&gt;スネ齧り&lt;/re_restr&gt;
+&lt;re_restr&gt;スネ噛り&lt;/re_restr&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-04-09 14:17:09" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Brian Krznarich</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Don't know if "sponger" is regional English.  It feels uncommon to me in AmE. I think I recognize it, but would have thought it dated if in the U.S. 

"leach" is the word my intuition came up with.  But freeloading  (from the related terms) seems quite good.

I'd be inclined to at least demote "sponging", unless it seems exceptionally natural to you all.  It's secondary on the other jmdict terms.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>See similar glosses:
居候 lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
たかり屋 freeloader; scrounger; sponger; mooch

https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=live+off+one%27s+parents
表現パターンlive [leech, mooch, sponge] off one's parents

I am spoiled and am freeloading off my parents.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueOffMyChest/comments/pgz54k/i_am_spoiled_and_am_freeloading_off_my_parents/

I'm Disgusting. How Do I Stop Leaching Off My Parents?
https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhelp/comments/17pf8eq/im_disgusting_how_do_i_stop_leaching_off_my/</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -34,0 +35,3 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;freeloading&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;freeloader&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;leach&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-04-10 20:42:54" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Trimming. I think it's the person, not the act.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>GG5: a sponger; a hanger-on 《pl. hangers-on》. ●あいつは親のすねかじりだ. He 「sponges [lives] on his parents.
脛齧り	469	2.0% - GG5 
スネ齧り	227	1.0%
すね齧り	82	0.4%
スネ噛り	23	0.1%
脛噛り	36	0.2%
すねかじり	16486	71.8%
スネかじり	4669	20.3%
脛かじり	978	4.3% - 中辞典 adding</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -3,0 +4,3 @@
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;脛かじり&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
@@ -11,0 +15 @@
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;sK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;
@@ -14,0 +19 @@
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;sK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;
@@ -17,0 +23 @@
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;sK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;
@@ -21,8 +26,0 @@
-&lt;re_restr&gt;脛齧り&lt;/re_restr&gt;
-&lt;re_restr&gt;すね齧り&lt;/re_restr&gt;
-&lt;re_restr&gt;脛噛り&lt;/re_restr&gt;
-&lt;/r_ele&gt;
-&lt;r_ele&gt;
-&lt;reb&gt;スネかじり&lt;/reb&gt;
-&lt;re_restr&gt;スネ齧り&lt;/re_restr&gt;
-&lt;re_restr&gt;スネ噛り&lt;/re_restr&gt;
@@ -33,3 +31,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;sponging (e.g. off one's parents)&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;sponger&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;freeloading&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;sponger (e.g. off one's parents)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;hanger-on&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -37 +34 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;leach&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;leech&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>



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