らちがあく

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Japanese

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For pronunciation and definitions of らちがあく – see the following entry.
埒が明く
[verb] (idiomatic) to make good progress; to go smoothly
[verb] (idiomatic, often in the negative) to make little progress; to waste time
(This term, らちがあく (rachigāku), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)