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| 1. |
[exp,pref]
《with noun+する or noun+をverb》 ▶ to allow oneself to ... ▶ to take the liberty of ... |
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| 2. |
[exp]
▶ it is presumed that ▶ (I, we) presume that |
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| 3. |
[exp]
▶ on one's own accord ▶ by one's arbitrary decision
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| 3. | A 2010-12-24 01:00:17 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...> | |
| Diff: | @@ -25,2 +25,2 @@ -<gloss>one's own accord</gloss> -<gloss>one's arbitrary decision</gloss> +<gloss>on one's own accord</gloss> +<gloss>by one's arbitrary decision</gloss> |
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| 2. | A* 2010-12-24 00:58:29 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | Seems OK. |
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| Diff: | @@ -12,2 +12,4 @@ -<gloss>to allow oneself to (verb)</gloss> -<gloss>to take the liberty of (verb+ing)</gloss> +<pos>&pref;</pos> +<s_inf>with noun+する or noun+をverb</s_inf> +<gloss>to allow oneself to ...</gloss> +<gloss>to take the liberty of ...</gloss> |
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| 1. | A* 2010-12-23 04:57:54 Hendrik | |
| Refs: | * for 1: EIJIRO http://www.kuku21.net/eigo-de/0018.html http://oshiete.goo.ne.jp/qa/6160476.html * for 2: Text at hand: 「実行委員会は、メンバーが５人（勝手ながら…さんも入っています）残りました。 」 http://toukatu.blogzine.jp/kurosaki/2006/12/post_83ce.html (headline) http://blog.oricon.co.jp/neko_hiroshi/archive/3311/0 (headline) * for 3: http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1418356084 |
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| Comments: | There is a related entry in WI3 I am trying to capture the application of this expression in its various syntactic contexts - although it seems most often used in the first sense mentioned, i.e., with a verb (preceded by "noun+を"); i can document that its application is not limited to that context , thus my suggested senses 2 and 3 - some refinement of this entry is most likely called for... |
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