Meaning of やり取り in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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やり取り, 遣り取り
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Kana Readingやりとり
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Romajiyaritori
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
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Example Sentences
やり取り, 遣り取り, やりとり used in context
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目の前で繰り広げられるやり取りは、俺が入り込む隙なんて一ミリもない。
The exchange unfolding in front of my eyes had not a single millimetre of a gap in which for me to slip.
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I keep in touch with my parents by mail.
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先ほどの彼らのやり取りにはひやひやしたよ。まさに一触即発の危機だったね。
I was really nervous to see how they dealt with each other just now. I guess things were touch-and-go between them.
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I exchange letters with her.
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インドのバイヤーと日本のビジネスマンは新製品の値をめぐって激しいやりとりをした。
An Indian buyer and a Japanese businessman haggled over the price of the new product.
Related Kanji
Kanji found in this word
dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake
On: ケン
Kun: つか.う, -つか.い, -づか.い, つか.わす, や.る
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