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左前 ひだりまえ

  1. wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead)
  2. being in a bad financial situation; downturn; economic adversity; recession
  3. before and left; front and left; front left

左前になる ひだりまえになる

  1. to be badly off (economically); to go downhill (e.g. for one's business)
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