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タバコでも
す
吸
っていないと
ても
手持
ち
ぶさた
無沙汰
。
Sometimes I smoke just to give my hands something to do. (literally: If I'm not smoking, I don't know what to do.)
Conjugations and inflections
  吸っていない is the plain negative form of the progressive form of 'u' godan verb 吸う   ALL INFLECTIONS
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Words
タ バ コ 0
Most common form: たばこ
noun
1. tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; cigar  (often written with kana only; originally from Portuguese 'tabaco')
2. tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)  (often written with kana only)
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で も 1
conjunction
1. but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so
particle
2. even
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す う 0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to smoke; to breathe in; to inhale
2. to suck; to sip; to slurp
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て も ち ぶ さ た 4
Most common form: 手持無沙汰
being bored; being at a loose end
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Kanji
吸
キュウ   すう to suck, inhale   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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及
キュウ   およぶ to amount to, reach   およぼす to exert   および and, as well as   
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ㄋ
three
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
手
シュ   hand   て    た-    
持
ジ   もつ to hold, to have   
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扌
hand
寺
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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寸
スン   inch
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
無
ム   ブ   ない not   
沙
サ   sand
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少
ショウ   すこし a little   すくない few   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
氵
スイ   みず water   
汰
タ    luxury   
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太
タ   タイ   ふとい fat   ふとる to get fat, to put on weight   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丶
dot   
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