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蒸し返す [spec2,news2,nf41] 蒸返す
むしかえす [spec2,news2,nf41]
1. [v5s,vt]
▶ to reheat
▶ to steam over
2. [v5s,vt]
▶ to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with)
▶ to take up again
▶ to drag up
▶ to rehash

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2012-12-15 00:05:11  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2012-12-14 23:00:22  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
1) 蒸し返す is transitive, so i don't think 'beat a dead horse' is appropriate.
2) to me, 'dead horse' does not imply that the problem has already been dealt with, as むしかえす does.  in fact, it implies the opposite.
  Diff:
@@ -9,0 +9,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>蒸返す</keb>
@@ -25,3 +28,4 @@
-<gloss>to bring up again</gloss>
-<gloss>to take up again a problem that has been dealt with</gloss>
-<gloss>to beat a dead horse</gloss>
+<gloss>to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with)</gloss>
+<gloss>to take up again</gloss>
+<gloss>to drag up</gloss>
+<gloss>to rehash</gloss>
3. A* 2012-12-14 13:13:53 
  Diff:
@@ -27,0 +27,1 @@
+<gloss>to beat a dead horse</gloss>
2. A 2012-05-21 00:48:43  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2012-05-21 00:15:22  Paul Upchurch <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij, 新和英中辞典
  Diff:
@@ -21,0 +21,4 @@
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v5s;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>

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