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地雷

じらい

Readings

じらい

Meanings

  1. 1.
    nland mine
  2. 2.
    ntopic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; taboo topic; trigger
  3. 3.
    nsomething that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap; pitfall

Kanji breakdown

地
N36 strokesGrade 2
雷
N513 strokesGrade 8

Example sentences

彼は地雷の上を運転して、彼のジープは爆裂した。

He drove over a land mine and his jeep blew up.

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地雷じらい

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

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