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    3. 苦肉の策

    苦肉の策

    苦く肉にくの​策さく

    last resort

    KMT8News #19+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab27 strokes

    くにくのさく

    Noun

    1.
    last resort, desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity

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    それは苦く肉にくの策さくだった。

    That was a last resort.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれは苦く肉にくの策さくとして、その計けい画かくを実じっ行こうした。

    As a last resort, he executed that plan.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    予よ算さんが限かぎられていたため、そのプロジェクトを中ちゅう止しするのは苦く肉にくの策さくだった。

    Because the budget was limited, canceling that project was a desperate measure.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyBusiness & Finance
    彼かの女じょは家か族ぞくを守まもるために、苦く肉にくの策さくを選えらばざるを得えなかった。

    She had no choice but to choose a desperate measure to protect her family.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    会かい社しゃを存そん続ぞくさせるための苦く肉にくの策さくが、意い外がいな成せい功こうをもたらした。

    The desperate measure to keep the company afloat brought unexpected success.

    KMT9Business & FinanceEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    苦
    くる.しい・-ぐる.しい・くる.しむ・くる.しめる・にが.い・にが.る…(1)
    suffering・trial・worry・hardship・feel bitter…(1)
    Kanji
    肉
    しし…(1)
    meat
    Kanji
    策
    scheme・plan・policy・step・means
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
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