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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

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08:15 May 9, 2009

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

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 KudoZ activity Questions: 49 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 23 United Kingdom
Local time: 19:52

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.

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kokuritsu
Japan
Local time: 04:52

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5	Solitaire, desperately for lack of an alternative	kokuritsu
3 -1	solitaire, play much	Nicholas Husbeek

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しょうことなし

Mitch Suzuki

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1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

solitaire, play much

Explanation:
Probably author's neologism

Nicholas Husbeek
Latvia
Local time: 21:52
Native speaker of:

Russian

18 hrs confidence:

Solitaire, desperately for lack of an alternative

kokuritsu
Japan
Local time: 04:52
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Japanese
PRO pts in category: 8

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thanks

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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
Japan
Native speaker of:

Japanese