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    3. 綱渡り

    綱渡り

    綱つな渡わたり​

    tightrope walking

    KMT8News #21+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveSports & Martial ArtsKanji Vocab28 strokes

    綱わたりつな渡り

    つなわたり

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    tightrope walking, high-wire act, funambulism
    2.
    treading a tightrope, walking on thin ice, pulling a risky balancing act
    idiomatic expression

    Stroke 0 / 28

    Speed1.0x

    サーカスで綱つな渡わたりを見みた。

    I saw tightrope walking at the circus.

    KMT6Sports & Martial ArtsMusic & Entertainment
    彼かれは綱つな渡わたりのように危き険けんな状じょう況きょうを乗のり越こえた。

    He overcame a dangerous situation as if walking on a tightrope.

    KMT8Sports & Martial ArtsDaily Life
    綱つな渡わたりの演えん技ぎは、高こう度どな集しゅう中ちゅう力りょくとバランス感かん覚かくを要ようする。

    Tightrope walking performances require high levels of concentration and a sense of balance.

    KMT8Sports & Martial ArtsEmotions & Psychology
    その会かい社しゃの経けい営えいは、まさに綱つな渡わたりの状じょう態たいが続つづいている。

    That company's management is truly in a continuous state of walking on thin ice.

    KMT9Business & FinanceEmotions & Psychology
    予よ算さん案あんの承しょう認にんは、与よ野や党とう間かんの綱つな渡わたりの交こう渉しょうによって成せい立りつした。

    The approval of the budget bill was achieved through tightrope negotiations between the ruling and opposition parties.

    KMT9Politics & LawBusiness & Finance

    Characters that make up this word

    綱
    つな…(1)
    hawser・class (genus)・rope・cord・cable
    Kanji
    渡
    わた.る・-わた.る・わた.す…(6)
    transit・ford・ferry・cross・import…(3)
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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