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A 2019-11-15 06:00:07 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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No comments for some time. I'm putting it back the way it was, with a small expansion. |
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-<gloss>left with no chance to appeal someone's (sharp) reply</gloss>
-<gloss>left with no way to continue the conversation (due to the other party's curt refusal)</gloss>
+<gloss>left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal)</gloss>
+<gloss>have no one to turn to</gloss>
+<gloss>unapproachable</gloss> |
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A* 2019-10-25 03:30:08 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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These are rather literal translations of the Daijirin explanations, and I don't think they work that well. I really prefer what we have now. which matches the 取りつく島もない entry. |
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A* 2019-10-21 15:07:03
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大辞林
http://yourei.jp/取り付く島 |
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It's used when someone rejects what you ask so sharply that you have no way to appeal. |
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-<gloss>left utterly helpless</gloss>
-<gloss>have no one to turn to</gloss>
-<gloss>unapproachable</gloss>
+<gloss>left with no chance to appeal someone's (sharp) reply</gloss>
+<gloss>left with no way to continue the conversation (due to the other party's curt refusal)</gloss> |
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A 2019-04-30 00:03:31 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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Aligning. |
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+<gloss>left utterly helpless</gloss>
+<gloss>have no one to turn to</gloss> |
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A 2017-02-07 04:39:34 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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(show/hide 4 older log entries)
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A* 2017-02-05 11:34:28 Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
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G n-grams:
取り付く島がない 852
とりつく島がない 436
取りつく島がない 283
とりつくしまがない 383 |
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-<keb>取りつく島がない</keb>
+<keb>取り付く島がない</keb>
@@ -8 +8,4 @@
-<keb>取り付く島がない</keb>
+<keb>とりつく島がない</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>取りつく島がない</keb> |
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A 2011-10-12 11:29:17 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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A* 2011-09-25 19:49:31 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
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gg5, prog |
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gg5, prog offer this meaning |
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+<k_ele>
+<keb>取りつく島がない</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -12,2 +15,3 @@
-<gloss>to be rejected outright</gloss>
-<gloss>to have nowhere left to turn</gloss>
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="2662180">取りつく島もない</xref>
+<gloss>unapproachable</gloss> |
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A* 2011-09-24 15:33:11 Eric Detweiler <...address hidden...>
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たよりとしてすがる手がかりもない。また、つっけんどんで相手を顧みる態度が見られない。
広辞苑第六版
だから私は、戦場ヶ原先輩を助けようとしたんだ――助けたかったんだ。だけど、それは、取り付く島もなく、拒絶された
～化け物語 |