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jmdict 1337980 Active (id: 2287442)
出しにする
だしにするダシにする (nokanji)
1. [exp,vs-i]
▶ to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage
▶ to use as a pretext
▶ to use as an excuse
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1339160 出し【だし】 2. pretext; excuse; pretense (pretence); dupe; front man

Conjugations


History:
3. A 2024-01-05 08:10:39  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 出しにする │ 2,506 │ 29.3% │
│ だしにする │ 2,030 │ 23.8% │
│ ダシにする │ 4,010 │ 46.9% │ - add, nokanji
╰─ーーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +9,4 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ダシにする</reb>
+<re_nokanji/>
2. A 2018-05-30 03:08:44  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2018-05-28 14:21:46  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5, prog, daij
  Comments:
I think this is clearer.
Removed [vt] tag.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +11,0 @@
-<pos>&vt;</pos>
@@ -13,0 +13 @@
+<gloss>to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage</gloss>
@@ -15 +15 @@
-<gloss>to use as an excuse for doing something</gloss>
+<gloss>to use as an excuse</gloss>

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