しのぐ – Vocabulary details

しのぐ

Verb (5-dan, ぐ, transitive)

1. to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation)

2. to pull through; to get over; to survive

3. to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to eclipse; to defy; to slight

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to protect against the elements; to shelter oneself from the weather

to tide over a difficult situation; to use a stopgap measure in a crisis

to tide over a difficult situation; to use a stopgap measure in a crisis

彼かの女じょは美うつくしさという点てんでは姉あねはしのいでいる。

She surpasses her sister in beauty.

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