Knowing very well that his wife wanted to go to a movie, the husband, who was a dog in the manger, cooked up a scheme whereby they had to stay at home waiting for a certain visitor who was not expected to come.
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女房， にょうぼう， にょうぼ， にゅうぼう
1. wife (esp. one's own wife)
2. court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace
3. woman (esp. as a love interest)
1. to go, to move (towards), to head (towards), to leave (for)
2. to move through, to travel across, to walk along (e.g. a road)
3. to go (well, badly, etc.), to proceed, to turn out, to get along
4. to do (in a particular way), to go (with; a choice...
1. nicely, properly, well, skillfully, skilfully
2. frequently, often
3. I'm glad that you ..., thank you for ...
4. (you have) quite the nerve to, I don't know how you can ...
1. to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to see, to get, to follow
2. to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out
3. I know!, I think so too!
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
3. indicates an area traversed
4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
6. indicates object of d...
1. indicates the subject of a sentence
2. indicates possession
3. but, however, (and) yet, though, although, while
4. and
5. used after an introductory remark or explanation
6. regardless of ..., whether ... (or not), no matter ...
7. indicates a des...
1. at (place, time), in, on, during
2. to (direction, state), toward, into
3. for (purpose)
4. because of (reason), for, with
5. by, from
6. as (i.e. in the role of)
7. per, in, for, a (e.g. "once a month")
8. and, in addition to
9. if, although
1. thing, matter
2. incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis
3. circumstances, situation, state of affairs
4. work, business, affair
5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not ...