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生き腐れ
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 生き腐れ.
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Entry
1
(fish) appearing fresh but actually gone bad
Examples
早く帰った方がいい、暑いから。サバは、生き腐れとも言われるくらい足が早い。
It's hot, so you'd better head back quickly. Mackerel goes off so fast that they coined 'fresh-looking rotten fish'.
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