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泥縄式

Reading

Kana: どろなわしき
Romaji: doronawashiki
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

last minute; eleventh hour

Kanji

Readings: デイ、 ナイ、 デ、 ニ、 どろ
Meanings: mud, mire, adhere to, be attached to
Readings: ジョウ、 なわ、 ただ.す
Meanings: straw rope, cord
Reading: シキ
Meanings: style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression

Example Sentences

それは泥縄式(どろなわしき)(かんが)えだ。
➥That's hindsight.
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いつものことですが、今回(こんかい)泥縄式(どろなわしき)勉強(べんきょう)でした。
➥This time, the same as always, I crammed at the last minute.
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