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    3. 横取り

    横取り

    横よこ取どり​

    snatching

    KMT10News #42+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveBusiness & FinanceKanji Vocab25 strokes

    よこどり

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    snatching, stealing, seizure, usurpation

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    彼かれは私わたしのアイデアを横よこ取どりした。

    He stole my idea.

    KMT8Business & FinanceEmotions & Psychology
    競きょう争そう相あい手てに顧こ客きゃくを横よこ取どりされてしまった。

    Our competitor snatched our customers away.

    KMT10Business & Finance
    彼かれは、他た人にんの功こう績せきを横よこ取どりして自じ分ぶんのものにしようとした。

    He tried to usurp others' achievements and claim them as his own.

    KMT10Business & FinanceEmotions & Psychology
    企き業ぎょう買ばい収しゅうは、時ときに競きょう合ごう他た社しゃの技ぎ術じゅつを横よこ取どりする手しゅ段だんとなる。

    Corporate acquisitions sometimes become a means to snatch away competitors' technology.

    KMT10Business & FinanceTechnology
    彼かれは市いち場ばシェアの横よこ取どりを狙ねらい、大だい胆たんな戦せん略りゃくを打うち出だした。

    He aimed to snatch market share and launched a bold strategy.

    KMT10Business & Finance

    Characters that make up this word

    横
    よこ…(1)
    sideways・side・horizontal・width・woof…(2)
    Kanji
    取
    と.る・と.り・と.り-・とり・-ど.り…(2)
    take・fetch・take up
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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