Results, keeping a useless person on the payroll
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- 市に虎を放つ【いちにとらをはなつ】 Inflection
godan ~つ verb:
- to let a fox into the henhouse; to do something dangerous; to let loose a tiger in the marketplace [literal] - idiom
- に限って☆【にかぎって】
expression:
- (particularly) when ... (often in phrases like "the bus just has to be on-time when we are late"); (only) for ...; if we are restricting the discussion to...; in the particular case of
- 寺預け【てらあずけ】
noun:
- incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods) - obscure term ➜ 寺入り
- 激写【げきしゃ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- taking a spectacular photograph (often of the female form); taking a photo at just the right moment - colloquialism
noun:
- powerful photograph; intense photograph
- 納骨☆【のうこつ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:
- laying (a person's) ashes to rest; depositing ashes
Kanji
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