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[exp,n]
[uk]
▶ asking for the moon ▶ pining for what one doesn't have ▶ thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence ▶ asking for too much ▶ asking for the impossible |
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| 7. | A 2018-11-25 20:12:42 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| 6. | A* 2018-11-25 06:52:48 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | daijs 無い物強請り g ng 無いものねだり 26478 無い物ねだり 19102 ない物ねだり 2205 無いもの強請り 1493 (adding this one + the one in daijs, ignoring the two bottom ones) 無い物強請り 697 (daijs) ないもの強請り 344 ない物強請り 36 daijr "無いものをむりに欲しがること。" ほしがる i.e. not necessarily "asking for" but just "wanting" so "pining" seems like a reasonable translation. https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/2158/ https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/24826/ https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/1050/ ("crying/asking for the moon" comes first in all three but "the grass is greener" appears as suggestions in all of them as well) https://twitter.com/_L0UE_/status/1065595455294205952 "彼氏がいれば面倒臭い、 彼氏がいなければ寂しい。 嫉妬されれば喧嘩をして、 嫉妬されなければ不安になる。 お金があればたかられて、 お金がなければお腹が空く。 結局みんなないものねだり。" This comic as well: https://twitter.com/ima_no_numa_/status/1066214243802869760 https://twitter.com/flower_hrssh/status/1066212103273373698 "夏の声🌻🌴🎆 今は夏が恋しい 「ないものねだり」だな" |
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| Comments: | We don't have ねだり marked as vs. GG5/daij don't mark this as vs. |
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| Diff: | @@ -12,0 +13,6 @@ +<k_ele> +<keb>無いもの強請り</keb> +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>無い物強請り</keb> +</k_ele> @@ -16,0 +23 @@ +<pos>&exp;</pos> @@ -18,2 +24,0 @@ -<pos>&vs;</pos> -<pos>&exp;</pos> @@ -21,0 +27,2 @@ +<gloss>pining for what one doesn't have</gloss> +<gloss>thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence</gloss> |
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| 5. | A 2018-06-08 15:27:47 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
| Diff: | @@ -18,0 +19 @@ +<pos>&exp;</pos> |
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| 4. | A 2016-09-07 09:11:13 Johan Råde <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | gg5 ngrams |
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| Diff: | @@ -3,0 +4,3 @@ +<k_ele> +<keb>無いものねだり</keb> +</k_ele> @@ -8 +11 @@ -<keb>無いものねだり</keb> +<keb>ない物ねだり</keb> |
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| 3. | A* 2016-09-07 05:56:23 | |
| Diff: | @@ -18,0 +19 @@ +<gloss>asking for the impossible</gloss> |
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