熟柿

じゅくし【熟柿】

ripe persimmon 〖C〗熟れた柿.

¶ → 熟柿の落ちるのを待つ

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じゅくし【熟柿】

a ripe persimmon.

●熟柿くさい smelling of liquor

・熟柿くさい息をする have the stale smell of alcohol on one's breath; one's breath smells like overripe persimmons.

●その政党は雌伏 10 年熟柿の落ちるのを待った. The party patiently waited ten years for power to fall into its hands.

熟柿主義 a wait-and-see policy.