Meaning of 切り札 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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切り札, 切札
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Kana Readingきりふだ
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Romajikirifuda
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- trump card
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Example Sentences
切り札, 切札, きりふだ used in context
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「背が伸びて入らないわよね」「そう、断じて太ったわけではない！」「成長したという便利な言葉は我々の切り札」
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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Keep that ace up your sleeve. If you're going to show it, have another even further up.
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きっと無罪になるだけの決定的切り札を隠し持っているに違いない。
I'm sure he has something up his sleeve.
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The president of that company has an ace up her sleeve.
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cut, cutoff, be sharp
On: セツ, サイ
Kun: き.る, -き.る, き.り, -き.り, -ぎ.り, き.れる, -き.れる, き.れ, -き.れ, -ぎ.れ
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