牽制

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See also: 牵制

Chinese

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lead along
system; to make; to manufacture
system; to make; to manufacture; to control; to regulate
 
trad. (牽制)
simp. (牵制)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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牽制

  1. (figurative) to pin down; to tie up; to check (e.g. the enemy forces); to encumber
  2. (baseball) to stop a runner from stealing a base by throwing the baseball to the man on base

Synonyms

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  • (to pin down): (tuō)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
けん
Jinmeiyō
せい
Grade: 5
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
けん制

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(けん)(せい) (kensei

  1. restraint, a check

Descendants

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  • Korean: 겐세이 (gensei)

Verb

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(けん)(せい)する (kensei surutransitive suru (stem (けん)(せい) (kensei shi), past (けん)(せい)した (kensei shita))

  1. restrain, constrain

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN