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[exp,v5r]
▶ to do exactly what one is told to do ▶ to be subservient ▶ to be easily controlled |
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| 3. | A 2017-02-02 22:12:50 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | Good way to handle it. |
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| 2. | A* 2017-02-02 16:32:48 Johan Råde <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | gg5 G-ngrams 言いなりに 106683 言いなりになっ 39557 言いなりになる 26516 言いなりになら 10399 ... 言いなりにする 828 |
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| Comments: | According to the ngrams this so called adverb is almost only used with なる. (A few cases, about 1%, with する.) But the usage with なる is common enough to record. |
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| Diff: | @@ -5 +5 @@ -<keb>言いなりに</keb> +<keb>言いなりになる</keb> @@ -8 +8 @@ -<reb>いいなりに</reb> +<reb>いいなりになる</reb> @@ -11,2 +11,5 @@ -<pos>&adv;</pos> -<gloss>exactly as said</gloss> +<pos>&exp;</pos> +<pos>&v5r;</pos> +<gloss>to do exactly what one is told to do</gloss> +<gloss>to be subservient</gloss> +<gloss>to be easily controlled</gloss> |
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| 1. | D* 2017-02-02 11:08:17 luce | |
| Refs: | n-grams 言いなりに 4989 (around 75 % of those come from 言いなりになる) - eij has five non-naru samples: 言いなりにする・～の言いなりに行動する・（人）の言いなりにする・（人）の言いなりに動く・（人）の言いなりに行動する |
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| Comments: | is this needed? - I think the gloss is a bit harmful at least, people might confuse it for the much more common 言う通り which does not carry negative overtones |
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