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    3. 縄張り

    縄張り

    縄なわ張ばり​

    stretching a rope around

    KMT8News #17+1CoreNounAnimalsKanji Vocab28 strokes

    縄張なわ張り繩張り

    なわばり

    Noun

    1.
    stretching a rope around, roping off, cordoning off, demarcation
    2.
    one's turf, domain, territory, jurisdiction, sphere of influence
    3.
    territory (of an animal)
    zoology

    Stroke 0 / 28

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    犬いぬは自じ分ぶんの縄なわ張ばりを守まもろうとする。

    Dogs try to protect their territory.

    KMT7AnimalsDaily Life
    この地ち域いきは彼かれの縄なわ張ばりなので、手て出だししない方ほうがいい。

    This area is his turf, so it's better not to interfere.

    KMT8Daily LifeWork & Career
    ライオンは尿にょうで自じ分ぶんの縄なわ張ばりをマーキングする。

    Lions mark their territory with urine.

    KMT8AnimalsNature & Environment
    工こう事じ現げん場ばでは、危き険けん区く域いきに縄なわ張ばりが張はられていた。

    At the construction site, a rope was stretched around the dangerous area.

    KMT8Work & CareerDaily Life
    企き業ぎょう間かんの競きょう争そうは、それぞれの縄なわ張ばりを広ひろげようとする戦たたかいでもある。

    Competition between companies is also a battle to expand their respective territories.

    KMT9Business & FinanceWork & Career

    Characters that make up this word

    縄
    なわ・ただ.す…(1)
    straw rope・cord
    Kanji
    張
    は.る・-は.り・-ば.り…(3)
    counter for bows & stringed instruments・stretch・spread・put up (tent)
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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