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    3. 死に体

    死に体

    死しに​体たい

    losing posture

    KMT8News #24+1NounSports & Martial ArtsKanji Vocab16 strokes

    しにたい

    Noun

    1.
    losing posture, falling position from which it is impossible to recover
    sumo
    2.
    lame duck
    3.
    hopeless situation

    Stroke 0 / 16

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    彼かれはもう死しに体たいだ。

    He's already in a hopeless situation.

    KMT7Daily Life
    その力りき士しは死しに体たいから逆ぎゃく転てん勝がちした。

    That sumo wrestler made a comeback victory from a losing posture.

    KMT8Sports & Martial Arts
    審しん判ぱんは、力りき士しが死しに体たいになったと判 断 した。

    The referee judged that the sumo wrestler was in a losing posture.

    KMT8Sports & Martial Arts
    彼かれの政せい治じ生せい命めいは、このスキャンダルによって死しに体たいとなった。

    His political career became a lame duck due to this scandal.

    KMT9Politics & LawDaily Life
    会かい社しゃの経けい営えいは、もはや死しに体たいと言いえる状じょう況きょうだ。

    The company's management is now in what can be called a hopeless situation.

    KMT9Business & FinanceWork & Career

    Characters that make up this word

    死
    し.ぬ・し.に-…(1)
    death・die
    Kanji
    体
    からだ・かたち…(3)
    body・substance・object・reality・counter for images
    Kanji
    に
    ni
    Kana
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