Vocabulary

What does 同じ穴の狢 (おなじあなのむじな) mean?

同じ穴の狢 (おなじあなのむじな) means people who seem different but are the same kind, usually of bad deeds (lit. badgers of the same burrow).

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Readingおなじあなのむじな
おなじあなのむじな
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people who seem different but are the same kind, usually of bad deeds (lit. badgers of the same burrow)

Example sentences

  • Both of them were involved in the fraud; they are truly tarred with the same brush.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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