切り札、切札
きりふだ
kirifuda
JMdict entry #1591870
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi) card games trump; trump card
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi) ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
切り札は最後まで見せるな。見せるなら、さらに奥の手を持て。
kirifuda ha saigo made miseru na 。 miseru nara 、 sarani okunote wo mote 。
Keep that ace up your sleeve. If you're going to show it, have another even further up.
きっと無罪になるだけの決定的切り札を隠し持っているに違いない。
kitto muzai ni naru dake no kettei teki kirifuda wo kakushimoxtsu te iru ni chigai nai 。
I'm sure he has something up his sleeve.
あの会社の社長は切り札を隠し持っています。
ano kaisha no shachou ha kirifuda wo kakushimoxtsu te i masu 。
The president of that company has an ace up her sleeve.
「背が伸びて入らないわよね」「そう、断じて太ったわけではない！」「成長したという便利な言葉は我々の切り札」
「 se ga nobi te haira nai wa yo ne 」 「 sou 、 danji te futoxtsu ta wake de ha nai ！ 」 「 seichou shi ta to iu benri na kotoba ha wareware no kirifuda 」
"We've got taller so they don't fit." "Right, it's certainly not that we've got fat!" "The useful phrase 'grown up' is our trump card."