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[proverb]
▶ the non-paying lodger asks for a third helping of rice with much hesitation |
2. | A 2022-12-17 20:16:57 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
Comments: | The references seem to like it. |
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1. | A* 2022-12-15 07:09:24 Opencooper | |
Refs: | * chuujiten: The nonpaying lodger puts out his bowl very diffidently for a second refill of rice. * gg5: A person who is living in another person's house without paying any rent extends their bowl for a third helping with much hesitation. * genius: a non-paying lodger hesitates to accept for a third helping * luminous: Shyly does the free lodger ask for a third bowl of rice. * saito: 居候 The dependant asks 三杯目には A third refill of rice そっと出し In a hardly audible voice. 居候三杯目には 320 |