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[v5u,vi]
[uk]
▶ to flatter ▶ to curry favour (with) ▶ to play up (to) ▶ to suck up (to) ▶ to toady (to) |
7. | A 2022-04-30 21:59:19 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
6. | A* 2022-04-30 20:20:33 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | Google N-gram Corpus Counts 3,079 17.7% 諂う 44 0.3% 諛う 14,233 82.0% へつらう |
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Diff: | @@ -8,0 +9 @@ +<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf> |
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5. | A 2020-04-04 04:04:58 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
4. | A* 2020-04-04 01:07:19 Robin Scott <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | gg5, prog, Wisdom 諂う 3079 諛う 44 へつらう 14233 |
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Comments: | Usually kana. |
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Diff: | @@ -15,0 +16 @@ +<misc>&uk;</misc> @@ -17,3 +18,4 @@ -<gloss>to be smarmy</gloss> -<gloss>to be unctuous</gloss> -<gloss>to be obsequious</gloss> +<gloss>to curry favour (with)</gloss> +<gloss>to play up (to)</gloss> +<gloss>to suck up (to)</gloss> +<gloss>to toady (to)</gloss> |
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3. | A 2013-02-15 06:48:15 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
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