He's still sponging off his father.
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Sponging
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He's still sponging off his parents.
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He doesn't work, but only thinks of sponging off his relatives.
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"Senpai, please treat me to lunch!" "You should stop forever sponging off of me." "It's alright isn't it? Didn't you get payment from your part time job yesterday?" "I guess it can't be helped. What do you want to eat?"
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