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いい子になる； 好い子になる
【 いいこになる 】
1. [exp,v5r]
▶ to make oneself popular without any regard to others
▶ to take all the credit to oneself
▶ [lit] to turn out well (of a child)

Conjugations


History:
7. A 2020-09-26 06:26:46  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
OK, let's add the literal form.
  Diff: 
@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<gloss g_type="lit">to turn out well (of a child)</gloss>
6. A* 2020-09-23 21:40:03  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
i think so?   seems to match koj & gg5
他人をさしおいて、自分だけが人にほめられる振舞をする。

 自分だけいい子になる　make oneself popular without any regard to others; take all the credit to oneself
 ·だれでもいい子になりたがる.　Everybody wants to be thought well of. ｜ Nobody is willing to take the blame.
5. A* 2020-09-23 03:06:37  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
is this entry really correct? google results 
are for the more literal meaning I mentioned 
in my 2019 edit
4. A 2019-04-21 21:06:37  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2019-04-20 20:46:31  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Can also be literal e.g. "that kid turned 
out well"
  Diff: 
@@ -5 +5 @@
-<keb>好い子になる</keb>
+<keb>いい子になる</keb>
@@ -8 +8 @@
-<keb>いい子になる</keb>
+<keb>好い子になる</keb>
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