じらい – Vocabulary details

じらい

Noun

1. land mine

2. topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; taboo topic; trigger

3. something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap; pitfall

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ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric

lightning; thunder; thunderbolt

to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms

minefield

anti-personnel land mine

彼かれはじらいの上うえを運うん転てんして、彼かれのジープは爆ばく裂れつした。

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

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