Alternative form of 太鼓持ち (たいこもち, taikomochi)

someone who pleases the guests in a party; entertainer / brownnose, sycophant

ancient times, a very long time ago

to work at a job, to labour / to work properly, to operate, to function; to carry out one's function, to be effective, to come into play / to perpetrate or commit a crime

Alternative spelling of 只働き

Alternative spelling of 只働き

once (in the indeterminate past)

the past, old times / ancient

olden days; former

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend