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[n]
[uk]
▶ sponger (e.g. off one's parents) ▶ hanger-on ▶ freeloader ▶ leech |
10. | A 2024-04-10 20:42:54 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | GG5: a sponger; a hanger-on 《pl. hangers-on》. ●あいつは親のすねかじりだ. He 「sponges [lives] on his parents. 脛齧り 469 2.0% - GG5 スネ齧り 227 1.0% すね齧り 82 0.4% スネ噛り 23 0.1% 脛噛り 36 0.2% すねかじり 16486 71.8% スネかじり 4669 20.3% 脛かじり 978 4.3% - 中辞典 adding |
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Comments: | Trimming. I think it's the person, not the act. |
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Diff: | @@ -3,0 +4,3 @@ +<k_ele> +<keb>脛かじり</keb> +</k_ele> @@ -11,0 +15 @@ +<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf> @@ -14,0 +19 @@ +<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf> @@ -17,0 +23 @@ +<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf> @@ -21,8 +26,0 @@ -<re_restr>脛齧り</re_restr> -<re_restr>すね齧り</re_restr> -<re_restr>脛噛り</re_restr> -</r_ele> -<r_ele> -<reb>スネかじり</reb> -<re_restr>スネ齧り</re_restr> -<re_restr>スネ噛り</re_restr> @@ -33,3 +31,2 @@ -<gloss>sponging (e.g. off one's parents)</gloss> -<gloss>sponger</gloss> -<gloss>freeloading</gloss> +<gloss>sponger (e.g. off one's parents)</gloss> +<gloss>hanger-on</gloss> @@ -37 +34 @@ -<gloss>leach</gloss> +<gloss>leech</gloss> |
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9. | A* 2024-04-09 14:17:09 Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | See similar glosses: 居候 lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger たかり屋 freeloader; scrounger; sponger; mooch https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=live+off+one's+parents 表現パターンlive [leech, mooch, sponge] off one's parents I am spoiled and am freeloading off my parents. https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueOffMyChest/comments/pgz54k/i_am_spoiled_and_am_freeloading_off_my_parents/ I'm Disgusting. How Do I Stop Leaching Off My Parents? https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhelp/comments/17pf8eq/im_disgusting_how_do_i_stop_leaching_off_my/ |
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Comments: | Don't know if "sponger" is regional English. It feels uncommon to me in AmE. I think I recognize it, but would have thought it dated if in the U.S. "leach" is the word my intuition came up with. But freeloading (from the related terms) seems quite good. I'd be inclined to at least demote "sponging", unless it seems exceptionally natural to you all. It's secondary on the other jmdict terms. |
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Diff: | @@ -34,0 +35,3 @@ +<gloss>freeloading</gloss> +<gloss>freeloader</gloss> +<gloss>leach</gloss> |
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8. | A 2018-04-24 05:54:14 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | GG5: 脛噛り Daijr: 脛齧り G n-grams: 脛齧り 469 すねかじり 16486 スネかじり 4669 スネ齧り 227 脛噛り 36 スネ噛り 23 すね齧り 82 すね噛り < 20 |
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Comments: | Could be split into senses. |
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Diff: | @@ -6,0 +7,12 @@ +<k_ele> +<keb>スネ齧り</keb> +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>すね齧り</keb> +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>スネ噛り</keb> +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>脛噛り</keb> +</k_ele> @@ -8,0 +21,3 @@ +<re_restr>脛齧り</re_restr> +<re_restr>すね齧り</re_restr> +<re_restr>脛噛り</re_restr> @@ -11,0 +27,2 @@ +<re_restr>スネ齧り</re_restr> +<re_restr>スネ噛り</re_restr> |
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7. | A* 2018-04-23 19:08:36 | |
Refs: | Seen in a gameo. |
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Diff: | @@ -9,0 +10,3 @@ +<r_ele> +<reb>スネかじり</reb> +</r_ele> |
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6. | A 2017-02-24 21:44:16 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
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