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借りる かりる N5

  1. to borrow
  2. to hire; to rent
  3. to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to receive
  4. to put to a different use; to use (for another purpose)

借りる時の地蔵顔、済す時の閻魔顔 かりるときのじぞうがお、なすときのえんまがお

  1. people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it; when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama

胸を借りる むねをかりる

  1. to be allowed to practice with a partner of higher skill (esp. in sumo)

手を借りる てをかりる

  1. to ask for help; to get (someone's) help

助けを借りる たすけをかりる

  1. to enlist aid; to get help

力を借りる ちからをかりる

  1. to ask for (someone's) help; to enlist the help (of); to get (someone's) help
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