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    3. 奥の手

    奥の手

    奥おくの​手て

    ace up one's sleeve

    KMT10News #39+1NounDaily LifeKanji Vocab17 strokes

    おくのて

    Noun

    1.
    ace up one's sleeve, trump card, last resort
    idiomatic expression
    2.
    secret skills, secret, mystery
    idiomatic expression
    3.
    left hand
    archaic

    Stroke 0 / 17

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    彼かれはまだ奥おくの手てを隠かくしている。

    He's still hiding his trump card.

    KMT7Daily Life
    料りょう理りの奥おくの手てとして、隠かくし味あじに味み噌そを使つかう。

    As a secret trick in cooking, I use miso as a hidden flavor.

    KMT9Daily LifeFood & Dining
    プレゼンテーションの最さい後ごに、聴ちょう衆しゅうを驚おどろかせる奥おくの手てを用よう意いした。

    At the end of the presentation, I prepared a secret weapon to surprise the audience.

    KMT9Daily LifeWork & Career
    困こまった時ときの奥おくの手てとして、特とく別べつな技ぎ術じゅつを身みにつけている。

    He has acquired a special skill as a last resort for when he's in trouble.

    KMT10Daily Life
    交こう渉しょうが難なん航こうしても、彼かれにはまだ切きり札ふだとなる奥おくの手てがあるはずだ。

    Even if negotiations are difficult, he should still have a trump card up his sleeve.

    KMT10Daily LifeBusiness & Finance

    Characters that make up this word

    奥
    おく・おく.まる・くま…(6)
    heart・interior
    Kanji
    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
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