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人使いが荒い (ひとづかいがあらい) — working one's employees hard | Kumi Dictionary

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人使いが荒い

人使いが荒い

人ひとづ使かいが荒あらい

working one's employees hard

Kanji Vocab Work & Career28 strokes

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ひとづかいがあらい

Adjective

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working one's employees hard, being a slave-driver

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Kanji that make up this word

ひと・-り・-と…(7)

つか.う・つか.い・-つか.い・-づか.い…(1)

use・send on a mission・order・messenger・envoy…(2)

あ.らす・あ.れる・あら.い・すさ.ぶ・すさ.む・あ.らし…(2)

laid waste・rough・rude・wild

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