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忍耐戯,よくよくしよう

English translation: Solitaire, desperately for lack of an alternative

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Japanese term or phrase:忍耐戯,よくよくしようことなしの
English translation:Solitaire, desperately for lack of an alternative
Entered by: kokuritsu

08:15 May 9, 2009
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Japanese term or phrase: 忍耐戯,よくよくしよう
暫(しばら)くして、女は、鞄から取り出して来たトランプを、ペタリペタリと餉台の上に並べだした。忍耐戯(ペーシェンス)と呼ばれるくらいで、よくよくしようことなしの暇潰(ひまつぶ)しだっだ。それでも、出来れば出来たで、出来なければ出来ないで、あとを引いた。その日は、どのやり方でも、不思議なくらい出来が悪かったが。
farida
Local time: 01:04
Solitaire, desperately for lack of an alternative
Explanation:
忍耐戯(ペーシェンス)＝A card game called Solitaire, which is also called “patience.” (Agree with Nicholas. See aslo Wikipedia, et al)
よくよく＝Here it means; really (negative), badly, deadly, desperately
しょうことなしの＝against one’s will, for lack of na alternative
暇潰し＝time killing

Tentative Translation:
As they call it Solitaire or a card game of patience, it was a desperate time killer for lack of an alternative.

Hope it helps.
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kokuritsu
Local time: 09:04
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5Solitaire, desperately for lack of an alternative
kokuritsu
3 -1solitaire, play much
drkoljan (X)
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しょうことなし
Mitch Suzuki

  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
solitaire, play much


Explanation:
Probably author's neologism

drkoljan (X)
Latvia
Local time: 03:04
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian

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disagree  lingualabo: when "よく" is repeated twice, it doesn't mean "much"; http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=よくよく&dtype=0&styp...
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Solitaire, desperately for lack of an alternative


Explanation:
忍耐戯(ペーシェンス)＝A card game called Solitaire, which is also called “patience.” (Agree with Nicholas. See aslo Wikipedia, et al)
よくよく＝Here it means; really (negative), badly, deadly, desperately
しょうことなしの＝against one’s will, for lack of na alternative
暇潰し＝time killing

Tentative Translation:
As they call it Solitaire or a card game of patience, it was a desperate time killer for lack of an alternative.

Hope it helps.


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Reference: しょうことなし

Reference information:
It’s a small ょ.
どうしたらいいのか、適当な方法が見つからないこと。
http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=しょうことなし&stype=0&d...

Mitch Suzuki
Native speaker of: Japanese
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