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徒然なるままに
つれづれなるままに
1. [exp]
▶ at a loose end
▶ having nothing to do



History:
2. A 2012-10-26 05:19:04  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q127740032
  Comments:
Several sites say it means the same as 何もすることがない, which fits. I don't have 斎藤和英大辞典, but "to beguile the tedium" doesn't work very well.
  Diff:
@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>to beguile the tedium</gloss>
-<gloss>to kill one's boredom</gloss>
+<gloss>at a loose end</gloss>
+<gloss>having nothing to do</gloss>
1. A* 2012-10-16 08:00:06  Marcus
  Refs:
斎藤和英大辞典, eij
10,400,000 g
763k b
kana:
4,330,000 g
243k b

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