| Word/Phrase |
Reading |
Meaning |
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寡男
鰥夫
鰥
|
やもお
|
widower
|
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鰥寡
|
かんか
|
widow and widower
lonely people
|
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鰥寡孤独
|
かんかこどく
|
with no one upon whom to depend
utter loneliness
the lonely and the helpless
|
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男やもめ
男鰥
|
おとこやもめ
|
widower
divorced man not remarried
|
|
男やもめに蛆がわく
男やもめにうじがわく
男鰥に蛆が湧く
|
おとこやもめにうじがわく
|
Widowers are untidy
A man alone soon goes to seed
A man goes to pieces without a woman to look after him
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やもめ暮らし
寡婦暮らし
寡暮らし
寡暮し
鰥暮らし
鰥暮し
|
やもめぐらし
|
widowhood
widowerhood
viduity
|
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鰥
鰥夫
|
やもめ
|
widower
divorced man not remarried
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