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勿体をつける； もったいを付ける； 勿体を付ける
【 もったいをつける 】
1. [exp,v1]
▶ to put on airs
▶ to assume importance
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1535770 勿体ぶる【もったいぶる】 1. to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity

Conjugations


History:
2. A 2012-10-23 07:19:40  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
removed [uk], 勿体をつける leads on bing (both -る and -て)
(ca 2x the hits)
  Diff: 
@@ -20,1 +20,0 @@
-<misc>&uk;</misc>
1. A* 2012-10-23 04:46:07  Paul Upchurch <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
daij, nikk
Hits:
"もったいをつける" 25k
"勿体をつける" 18k
"もったいを付ける" 9.2k
"勿体を付ける" 8.8k
  Comments: 
I believe we have other entries where the kana-only version edges out any individual kanji version, so we gave it [uk] despite the kanji versions having more hits together. Though this is close enough that it's not a big deal one way or the other.

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