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埒が明く
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Japanese
Verb
埒が明く • (rachi ga aku) godan (stem 埒が明き (rachi ga aki), past 埒が明いた (rachi ga aita))
- (idiomatic) to make good progress; to go smoothly
- 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 523:
- Rachi. ラチ (埒) 柵・垣. 比喩. Rachiuo aquru. (埒を明くる) 物事をよく解明する。Rachino aita fito. (埒の明いた人)素直で、道理にはすぐに副する人. Rachiuo coyuru, l, yaburu. (埒を越ゆる、または、破る)規則や禁制条項を破る、または、道理に背く.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (idiomatic, often in the negative) to make little progress; to waste time
Conjugation
Conjugation of "埒が明く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Derived terms
References
- Doi, Tadao (1603–1604), Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
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