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：2025/12/22
いそうろう
Kanji
居候
Noun
Japanese Meaning
他人の家や部屋などに長期間、家賃や生活費などをほとんど負担せずに住まわせてもらっている人を指す名詞。転じて、自立せずに他人の世話や好意に頼って生活している人をやや否定的・皮肉を込めて言う表現。
Easy Japanese Meaning
ほかのひとのいえに、おかねをはらわずに、ながくすむひと。
Chinese (Simplified)
寄人篱下的人 / 依赖他人生活的人 / 蹭吃蹭住的人
Sense（1）
居候: dependent, someone who lives off someone else, a freeloader
（ romanization ）
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居候: dependent, someone who lives off someone else, a freeloader
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いそうろう
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He is living in my house as a dependent.
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彼は私の家でいそうろうしている。
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