See かす on Wiktionary
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"english": "Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers",
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"translation": "Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers",
"word": "カスラック"
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"english": "to eat the dregs",
"roman": "kasu o kuu",
"translation": "to eat the dregs",
"word": "糟を食う: → to receive a scolding"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "to receive terrible criticism"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "kerokasu",
"word": "ケロカス: a fan of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp baseball team"
},
{
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"english": "a Spanish person",
"roman": "supekasu",
"translation": "a Spanish person",
"word": "スペカス"
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"english": "a Twitter user",
"roman": "tsuikasu",
"translation": "a Twitter user",
"word": "ツイカス"
},
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"roman": "nachikasu",
"word": "ナチカス: a Nazi"
},
{
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"word": "a German person"
},
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"english": "a French person",
"roman": "furakasu",
"translation": "a French person",
"word": "フラカス"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "a tobacco addict",
"roman": "yanikasu",
"translation": "a tobacco addict",
"word": "ヤニカス"
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"english": "a British person",
"roman": "burikasu",
"translation": "a British person",
"word": "ブリカス"
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"english": "a pachinko addict",
"roman": "pachikasu",
"translation": "a pachinko addict",
"word": "パチカス"
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"roman": "porukasu",
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"word": "ポルカス"
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"word": "酒粕"
},
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"word": "酒の粕"
}
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"word": "滓・澱"
},
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"word": "澱・淀"
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]
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"word": "屑"
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"滓, 渣: (playing cards) in 花札 (hanafuda, “traditional Japanese flower playing cards”), a one-point card, a garbage card"
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"花札",
"花札#Japanese"
],
[
"card",
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[
"garbage",
"garbage"
]
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"synonyms": [
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"english": "garbage card",
"translation": "garbage card",
"word": "かすふだ"
}
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"glosses": [
"粕, 糟: (figurative) a scolding, terrible criticism (only used in this sense in the set phrase 粕(かす)を食(く)う, 糟(かす)を食(く)う (kasu o kuu, literally “to eat the dregs”))"
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"scolding",
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"criticism",
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"粕(かす)を食(く)う",
"粕を食う#Japanese"
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"糟を食う#Japanese"
]
]
}
],
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"ipa": "[ka̠sɨ]"
}
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"word": "かす"
}
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"化す",
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"科す",
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"課す",
"痂す",
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"Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
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"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
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"Pages with entries"
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"english": "an American person",
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"translation": "an American person",
"word": "アメカス"
},
{
"english": "an Italian person",
"roman": "itakasu",
"translation": "an Italian person",
"word": "イタカス"
},
{
"english": "a Dutch person",
"roman": "orakasu",
"translation": "a Dutch person",
"word": "オラカス"
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{
"english": "Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers",
"roman": "kasurakku",
"translation": "Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers",
"word": "カスラック"
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"english": "to eat the dregs",
"roman": "kasu o kuu",
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"word": "糟を食う: → to receive a scolding"
},
{
"word": "to receive terrible criticism"
},
{
"roman": "kerokasu",
"word": "ケロカス: a fan of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp baseball team"
},
{
"english": "a Spanish person",
"roman": "supekasu",
"translation": "a Spanish person",
"word": "スペカス"
},
{
"english": "a Twitter user",
"roman": "tsuikasu",
"translation": "a Twitter user",
"word": "ツイカス"
},
{
"roman": "nachikasu",
"word": "ナチカス: a Nazi"
},
{
"word": "a German person"
},
{
"english": "a French person",
"roman": "furakasu",
"translation": "a French person",
"word": "フラカス"
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{
"english": "a tobacco addict",
"roman": "yanikasu",
"translation": "a tobacco addict",
"word": "ヤニカス"
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{
"english": "a British person",
"roman": "burikasu",
"translation": "a British person",
"word": "ブリカス"
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{
"english": "a pachinko addict",
"roman": "pachikasu",
"translation": "a pachinko addict",
"word": "パチカス"
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"痂す",
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}
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