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切り札

切札

Reading

Kana: きりふだ
Romaji: kirifuda
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Definition

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trump card

Kanji

Readings: セツ、 サイ、 き.る、 -き.る、 き.り、 -き.り、 -ぎ.り、 き.れる、 -き.れる、 き.れ、 -き.れ、 -ぎ.れ
Meanings: cut, cutoff, be sharp
Readings: サツ、 ふだ
Meanings: tag, paper money, counter for bonds, placard, bid

Example Sentences

あの会社(かいしゃ)社長(しゃちょう)()(ふだ)(かく)()っています。
➥The president of that company has an ace up her sleeve.
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きっと無罪(むざい)になるだけの決定的(けっていてき)()(ふだ)(かく)()っているに(ちが)いない。
➥I'm sure he has something up his sleeve.
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()(ふだ)最後(さいご)まで()せるな。()せるなら、さらに(おく)()()て。
➥Keep that ace up your sleeve. If you're going to show it, have another even further up.
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()()びて(はい)らないわよね」「そう、(だん)じて(ふと)ったわけではない!」「成長(せいちょう)したという便利(べんり)言葉(ことば)我々(われわれ)()(ふだ)
➥"We've got taller so they don't fit." "Right, it's certainly not that we've got fat!" "The useful phrase 'grown up' is our trump card."
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