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Insincere (and usually fickle) love pretended in the hope of gaining something useful in exchange.

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cupboard love

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cupboard love

Noun

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Insincere (and usually fickle) love pretended in the hope of gaining something useful in exchange.

Japanese Meaning

見返りを得る目的で示す、偽りの愛情 / 利益を期待して表面的に振る舞う愛情

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When he started showering her with gifts, she shrugged, knowing it was just cupboard love.

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彼が彼女に次々と贈り物をし始めると、彼女は肩をすくめ、すべてが見返りを期待した偽りの愛情にすぎないと分かっていた。

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Insincere (and usually fickle) love pretended in the hope of gaining something useful in exchange.

This last and long-enduring passion for Mrs Thrale was, however, composed equally perhaps of cupboard-love, Platonic love, and vanity tickled and gratified from morn to night by incessant homage.

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