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退治

対治

Reading

Kana: たいじ
Romaji: taiji
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

vs
1

extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; eradication; suppression

2

making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings

(Buddhist term)
3

curing illness

Kanji

退
Readings: タイ、 しりぞ.く、 しりぞ.ける、 ひ.く、 の.く、 の.ける、 ど.く
Meanings: retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
Readings: ジ、 チ、 おさ.める、 おさ.まる、 なお.る、 なお.す
Meanings: reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve
Readings: タイ、 ツイ、 あいて、 こた.える、 そろ.い、 つれあ.い、 なら.ぶ、 むか.う
Meanings: vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare

Example Sentences

(かれ)はありを退治(たいじ)しようと(おも)った。
➥He tried to get rid of the ants.
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われわれは(かれ)(いえ)のねずみを退治(たいじ)した。
➥We rid his house of mice.
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(かれ)はシロアリを退治(たいじ)する計画(けいかく)考案(こうあん)しようとした。
➥He tried to devise a plan for getting rid of termites.
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しかも初陣(ういじん)があのドラゴン退治(たいじ)
➥What's more our first battle is to defeat that dragon!
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この(くすり)はごきぶりを退治(たいじ)するのに効果的(こうかてき)だ。
➥This poison is very effective in getting rid of roaches.
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屋根裏(やねうら)部屋(へや)のネズミを退治(たいじ)しなくてはと(かれ)はいっている。
➥He says he must get rid of the mice that are in the attic.
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