JLPT N1Idioms
胡座をかく
- Meaning
- 今の地位や状況に甘えて努力を怠る
- Explanation
- "胡座 (あぐら) をかく" means to grow complacent about one's current position or advantageous situation and to neglect effort. It is used in situations of becoming conceited and losing the drive to improve, as in "resting on one's popularity (人気にあぐらをかく)." c1, "to look down on people," refers to one's attitude toward others, which deviates from the core of this question—self-satisfaction and negligence.
Original Japanese explanation
「胡座(あぐら)をかく」は今の地位や有利な状況に甘えて、努力を怠ること。「人気にあぐらをかく」のように、慢心して向上心を失う場面で使う。c1「人を見下す」は他者への態度の意で、本問の核心である自己満足・怠慢とはずれる。
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