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負け犬 まけいぬ

  1. failure; loser; loser dog; non-achiever; underdog; unsuccessful person
  2. unmarried and childless older woman

負け犬の遠吠え まけいぬのとおぼえ

  1. backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; the far-off bark of a retreating dog
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