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    3. 弱肉強食

    弱肉強食

    弱じゃく肉にく強きょう食しょく

    the law of the jungle

    KMT10News #42+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab36 strokes

    じゃくにくきょうしょく

    Noun

    1.
    the law of the jungle, the strong prey on the weak, the weak become the victim of the strong
    yojijukugo

    Stroke 0 / 36

    Speed1.0x

    自し然ぜん界かいは弱じゃく肉にく強きょう食しょくの世せ界かいです。

    The natural world is a world of the law of the jungle.

    KMT8Nature & Environment
    この業ぎょう界かいは弱じゃく肉にく強きょう食しょくの競きょう争そうが激はげしい。

    This industry has fierce competition, a law of the jungle.

    KMT10Business & Finance
    弱じゃく肉にく強きょう食しょくの社しゃ会かいでは、弱じゃく者しゃが犠ぎ牲せいになることが多おおい。

    In a dog-eat-dog society, the weak often become victims.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsPolitics & Law
    スタートアップの世せ界かいはまさに弱じゃく肉にく強きょう食しょくで、生いき残のこるのは一ひと握にぎりだ。

    The world of startups is truly the law of the jungle, and only a handful survive.

    KMT10Business & FinanceCulture & Traditions
    ライオンがシマウマを捕ほ食しょくする光こう景けいは、弱じゃく肉にく強きょう食しょくの原げん則そくを示しめしている。

    The sight of a lion preying on a zebra illustrates the principle of the law of the jungle.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentAnimals

    Kanji that make up this word

    弱
    よわ.い・よわ.る・よわ.まる・よわ.める…(1)
    weak・frail
    肉
    しし…(1)
    meat
    強
    つよ.い・つよ.まる・つよ.める・し.いる・こわ.い…(3)
    strong
    食
    く.う・く.らう・た.べる・は.む…(3)
    eat・food
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