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    3. 後手に回る

    後手に回る

    後ご手てに​回まわる​

    to be forestalled

    NTVerbBusiness & FinanceKanji Vocab23 strokes

    後手にまわる

    ごてにまわる

    Verb

    1.
    to be forestalled, to fall behind, to be one step behind

    Stroke 0 / 23

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    後
    のち・うし.ろ・うしろ・あと・おく.れる…(6)
    behind・back・later
    Kanji
    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
    Kanji
    回
    まわ.る・-まわ.る・-まわ.り・まわ.す・-まわ.す・まわ.し-…(5)
    -times・round・game・revolve・counter for occurrences
    Kanji
    に
    ni
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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