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 use a stopgap measure to cope with an emergency

to use a stopgap measure to cope with an emergency

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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