currying | The official got the sack for currying favor with the contractors. |
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ほうほうの体;這々の体;這う這うの体;這這の体 | [ほうほうのてい, houhounotei] (exp) scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling [Add to Longdo] |
機嫌取り | [きげんとり, kigentori] (n) (1) (See 機嫌を取る) currying favour; being anxious to please; (2) bootlicker [Add to Longdo] |
政界工作 | [せいかいこうさく, seikaikousaku] (n) currying of political favor; buying political influence [Add to Longdo] |
吮癰舐痔 | [せんようしじ, senyoushiji] (exp) (Chinese four-character phrase) currying favour (favor); brown-nosing; bootlicking; lit [Add to Longdo] |