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[adv]
[uk]
▶ since long ago ▶ already ▶ for quite a while ▶ for some time now |
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| 4. | A 2019-02-01 23:31:20 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| 3. | A* 2019-02-01 22:16:14 Robin Scott <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | gg5, daij G n-grams: 兼々 709 予々 539 兼兼 218 予予 142 兼ね兼ね 133 |
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| Comments: | I think "often" is misleading. |
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| Diff: | @@ -5 +5,7 @@ -<keb>兼ね兼ね</keb> +<keb>兼々</keb> +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>予々</keb> +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>兼兼</keb> @@ -11 +17 @@ -<keb>予々</keb> +<keb>兼ね兼ね</keb> @@ -19 +25 @@ -<gloss>often</gloss> +<gloss>since long ago</gloss> |
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| 2. | A 2013-06-14 22:44:42 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | The JEs agree with you too. Almost always kana-only. |
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| Diff: | @@ -18,0 +18,1 @@ +<misc>&uk;</misc> |
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| 1. | A* 2013-06-14 10:27:06 David G. Ramsey | |
| Comments: | "Lately" implies "recently", but the usage of the word and all the definitions in Daijisen and Daijirin imply that something has been taking place for a long time. |
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| Diff: | @@ -19,1 +19,0 @@ -<gloss>lately</gloss> @@ -21,0 +20,2 @@ +<gloss>for quite a while</gloss> +<gloss>for some time now</gloss> |
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