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[exp,v5r]
▶ to stimulate one's appetite ▶ to whet one's appetite |
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| 2. | A 2014-03-06 20:42:25 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | a touch on the obvious side |
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| Diff: | @@ -10,0 +11 @@ +<pos>&exp;</pos> @@ -12,2 +13,2 @@ -<pos>&exp;</pos> -<gloss>stimulate one's appetite</gloss> +<gloss>to stimulate one's appetite</gloss> +<gloss>to whet one's appetite</gloss> |
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| 1. | A* 2014-03-06 11:24:21 Jacopo Tedeschi <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | In the anime "Astarotte no Omocha": http://www.anime-ultime.net/info-0-1/25854-Astarotte-no-omocha--08-vostfr-streaming-ddl-hd#stream At minute 10:44, 「食欲をそそる香りですわ。」 It is present in the Weblio Dictionary of synonyms at: http://thesaurus.weblio.jp/content/食欲をそそる Wordreference http://www.wordreference.com/jaen/食欲をそそる It is present in the Goo Jp-Ch dictionary at: http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/srch/all/食欲をそそる/m0u/tab/ |
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| Comments: | It seems in polite language it can be substituted with the exp. "食欲をそそられる", as it is shown in the 実用日本語表現辞典 at: http://www.practical-japanese.com/2011/09/blog-post_6148.html Yet have been conducting no extensive research on this variant. |
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