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jmdict 1685010 Active (id: 2180487)
苦肉
くにく
1. [n]
▶ hurting oneself (to trick an adversary)
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1244600 苦肉の策 1. last resort; desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity



History:
2. A 2022-03-04 23:20:52  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
苦肉の策	97672 (KM: 4184)
苦肉	13583 (KM: 4733)
  Comments:
Yes, as the KM n-grams show, it's almost always used in the 苦肉の策 expression.
  Diff:
@@ -6,2 +5,0 @@
-<ke_pri>news2</ke_pri>
-<ke_pri>nf40</ke_pri>
@@ -11,2 +8,0 @@
-<re_pri>news2</re_pri>
-<re_pri>nf40</re_pri>
1. A* 2022-02-24 22:45:16  Opencooper
  Refs:
* kokugos
* saito: Torturing oneself (with a view to deceiving the enemy)
  Comments:
Per the top n-grams, the hits are from「苦肉の策」, so maybe shouldn't have frequency tags on this entry.
  Diff:
@@ -16 +16,2 @@
-<gloss>desperation measure</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="1244600">苦肉の策</xref>
+<gloss>hurting oneself (to trick an adversary)</gloss>

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