なし崩し

なしくずし

Also written 済し崩し

Meanings

  1. Noun paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation) (orig. meaning)
  2. gradual progression (oft. into an unwanted state); doing little by little; steady development; continual advancement (usu. adverbially as ~(的)に)
  3. proceeding in a continual and vague fashion; gradually obscuring; quiet fading (oft. adverbially as ~(的)に)

Kanji

Words containing なし崩し

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