えどのかたきをながさきでうつ

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Expression

Verb (5-dan, つ)

Idiomatic

1. to hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest; (lit.) to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki

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えど

Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo

かたき

① 恨みを抱いている相手。仇敵。② 敵対する相手。敵。③ 競い合う相手。

ながさき

Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

うつ

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

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