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地じ雷らい
Meanings
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
Kanji used
地
ground
雷
thunder
Pitch accent
じ
らい
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Used in: 809
Composed of
① 下地。文字や絵の書いてない部分。② 本性。地金。③ 会話などを除いた叙述のための文章。④ 旋律。
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
anti-personnel land mine
minefield
(land) mine
suspicion that something is inferior (game, product, etc.)
mine clearance
booby trap
booby trap
Examples (1 in total)
He drove over a land mine and his jeep blew up.