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jmdict 2019430 Active (id: 1987436)
未練がましい
みれんがましい
1. [adj-i]
▶ not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.)
▶ unwilling to resign
▶ having lingering attachment
▶ regretful
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2836604 未練たらしい【みれんたらしい】 1. not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful

Conjugations


History:
3. A 2018-09-21 02:27:32  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
OK
2. A* 2018-09-20 21:33:03  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij, gg5, prog
  Comments:
None of the refs have more than one sense.
I think these glosses convey the meaning more clearly. A difficult one to translate.
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12,3 @@
+<gloss>not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>unwilling to resign</gloss>
+<gloss>having lingering attachment</gloss>
@@ -13,5 +15,0 @@
-<gloss>irresolute</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
-<gloss>stubborn (not knowing when to give up)</gloss>
1. A 2004-06-06 00:00:00 
  Comments:
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