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：2025/12/23
濡れ手で粟
Hiragana
ぬれてであわ
Phrase
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
濡れた手で粟粒をつかむと、簡単にたくさんくっついてくることから、苦労せずに多くの利益を得ることのたとえ。 / ほとんど努力をせずに大きな儲けや成果を手に入れること。 / 思いがけず、または不相応なほどの利益を得るさま。
Easy Japanese Meaning
たいしてはたらかずに、かんたんにたくさんもうけること。
Chinese (Simplified)
轻易得利 / 不费力赚钱 / 来钱容易
Sense（1）
easy profit, raking in the money
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濡れ手で粟
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He is doing a business that makes easy profit like getting millet with wet hands.
He is doing a business that makes easy profit like getting millet with wet hands.
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彼は濡れ手で粟を得るような商売をしている。
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