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N1 Noun, する-verb, Intransitive verb
居候lodger who pays nothing for room and board, freeloader, sponger
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Noun, する-verb, Intransitive verb
1.
lodger who pays nothing for room and board, freeloader, sponger
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居候 【いそうろう】
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居候させてくれている叔父に感謝しています。
I'm grateful to my uncle for letting me stay for no room and board free.
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今は友人の家に居候しているが、近々出ていくつもりだ。
I'm currently crashing rent-free at a friend's place, but I plan to move out soon.
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四十歳になっても実家に居候している人は少しカッコ悪いと思います。
I think it's a little pathetic to still be a freeloader at your parents' house when you're forty.
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なぜ彼は十分に稼いでいるのに未だに両親の家に居候をしているのだろう?
Why is he still sponging off his parents even though he earns plenty?
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綺麗好きの姉は、知人の家に居候こそすれ、ホームレスにはならないでしょう。
My neat-freak sister might freeload at a friend's place, but she'd never end up homeless.
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