Last Updated :2025/12/07

monkey-branch

Verb
informal intransitive
Japanese Meaning
(職場やプライベートな関係において)自らの地位向上を狙い、より良い選択肢が現れると次々に乗り換える行動を取ること。 / 現在の状態よりも有利な条件や機会を常に探し続け、得られる最良の状況に切り替える行動。
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彼は一途に関係を続ける代わりに、より良さそうな機会が現れるたびに地位を上げようと次々と乗り換えていた。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

past

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(intransitive, informal) To attempt to improve one's status (at work, or in personal relationships, etc.) by repeatedly choosing the best option and then moving to better options as they become available.

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monkey-branch

Rather than commit, he tended to monkey-branch whenever a better opportunity surfaced.

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Rather than commit, he tended to monkey-branch whenever a better opportunity surfaced.

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