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草
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Work of art, literature, music, etc. name
Essays in Idleness by Yoshida Kenkou (1283-1352)
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spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
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彼は午後いっぱい使って昨年のほうれん草の根を始末した。
He's spent all afternoon rooting up last year's spinach plants.
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weeding; weeder; weeding fork
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庭は草むしりが必要だ。
The garden needs to be weeded.
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to smoke a cigarette; to smoke
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たばこを吸ってもよろしいでしょうか。
Do you mind if I smoke?
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to loiter (on the way); to waste time
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帰り道で道草を食うんじゃないよ。
Don't fool around on your way home.
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smoking a cigarette without holding it with one's fingers; holding a cigarette in one's mouth
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waste of effort; thankless task
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骨折り損のくたびれもうけだった。
All my effort went for nothing.
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Idiomatic expression
dead of night (when even the trees and plants sleep)
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man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers; herbivore man
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Idiomatic expression
going through great pains in vain