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Kotomora

糊のりする

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Meanings

1

suru verb (irregular), transitive verb

paste; stick with glue; starch

Used for attaching paper or cloth with glue, or stiffening fabric with starch. The starching sense is less common in modern daily life.

2

suru verb (irregular), transitive verb

scrape a living

Idiomatic use in the fixed phrase 口を糊する, meaning to barely earn enough to eat. Not used freely outside this expression.

See also: 口を糊する

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