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jmdict 2168410 Active (id: 2292154)
鬼のいぬまに洗濯鬼の居ぬ間に洗濯 [rK] 鬼のいぬ間に洗濯 [sK]
おにのいぬまにせんたく
1. [exp] [id]
▶ playing while the cat is away
▶ taking a break while the boss is out
▶ doing what one wants when one is (finally) alone
▶ [lit] relaxing while the demon is out
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2168420 命の洗濯 1. casting off the drudgery of everyday life and doing as one pleases; kicking back



History:
8. A 2024-02-19 19:57:59  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
7. A* 2024-02-19 19:39:20  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Sankoku has this expression recorded as 鬼の居ぬ間に(命の)洗濯
  Diff:
@@ -19,0 +20 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2168420">命の洗濯</xref>
6. A* 2024-02-19 19:36:29  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーー─┬───────╮
│ 鬼のいぬまに洗濯 │ 2,167 │ - add
│ 鬼のいぬ間に洗濯 │   424 │ - add, sK
│ 鬼の居ぬ間に洗濯 │     0 │ - rK (the form in most kokugos)
╰─ーーーーーーーー─┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -4,0 +5,3 @@
+<keb>鬼のいぬまに洗濯</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
@@ -5,0 +9,5 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>鬼のいぬ間に洗濯</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -12 +19,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1390980">洗濯・2</xref>
5. A 2018-02-13 04:13:17  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<xref type="see">洗濯</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1390980">洗濯・2</xref>
4. A* 2018-02-11 21:28:49  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12,5 @@
-<gloss>when the cat's away, the mice will play</gloss>
+<xref type="see">洗濯</xref>
+<misc>&id;</misc>
+<gloss>playing while the cat is away</gloss>
+<gloss>taking a break while the boss is out</gloss>
+<gloss>doing what one wants when one is (finally) alone</gloss>
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