02:35 Nov 7, 2014 |
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3 | doesn't like being stingy with others |
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2 | hates to be tight-fisted for interpersonal relation |
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doesn't like being stingy with others Explanation: みみっちい is being stingy, 附合い is relationship with others, and きらい(嫌い)is hating something/somebody. Thus, the above translation. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2014-11-07 03:40:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- This is in response to your note to this answer. They invested in social infrastructure. Had they been self-centred (which indicates they cared about themselves and thus were reluctant in making social investment), they wouldn't have built public infrastructure to contain natural hazards.「 みみっちい附合いのきらいな」is in contrast to 開け放しいの. They were open or generous towards others. If this still doesn't make sense, give us more information about the context. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2014-11-07 04:35:30 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I guess what the sentence conveys is that people in Tokyo were generous and wanted to share part of their wealth with the public (instead of keeping it to themselves), which lead to having good public infrastructures. If you take it this way, I think it fits the context reasonably well. (Sorry I didn't read the quote carefully; building infrastructure wasn't for containing natural hazards, but probably for better life for the public.) |
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hates to be tight-fisted for interpersonal relation Explanation: an idea http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/みみっちい |
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