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弊
1
exhaustion; fatigue
2
impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
1
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
Examples
喫煙は体に弊害である。
Smoking has an ill effect upon health.
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to collapse (of a building, dream, plan, etc.); to be destroyed; to fall through; to break down
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to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; to be routed
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money; currency; coin
Examples
この代用貨幣では、会社の直営店に行き、その店で食料品や衣料を買うことしかできませんでした。
With the token they could only go to the company shop and buy food or clothing from that shop.
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Humble
our company; our firm
Examples
弊社のエンジニアが日本国内で販売されている同様の製品と仕様を比較した結果、非常に競合力があると判断いたしました。
Our engineers compared this information with similar products being sold in Japan and concluded that they might compete very well.
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faulty statement; misleading statement; misunderstanding caused by a misleading statement
Examples
それは語弊がある。
That's not a proper thing to say.
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Common noun
old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways; outdated notions
Examples
旧弊な人は新しい事になじめない。
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
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Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded; antiquated
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corrupt practice; evil practice; bad custom; abuse; evil ways
Examples
社会の悪弊を糾すべきだ。
We must investigate social abuses.
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common evil; common fault
Examples
科学者の通弊は、あらゆる問題に技術的解決策があると誤認すること。
A fault common to scientists is mistakenly believing that every problem has a technical solution.