Business Wars - Nintendo vs. Sony Flashcards

(119 cards)

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心血を注ぐ

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しんけつをそそぐ

Pour one’s heart into

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忍び寄る

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しのびよる

Creep up on

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理にかなった

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りにかなった

Reasonable, logical

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当惑した表情

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とうわく

Perplexed look

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戦慄

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せんりつ

Horror, shiver of terror

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身を投じる

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みをとうじる

Throw oneself into

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億万長者

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おくまんちょうじゃ

Billionaire, super wealthy

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〜の栄光の影に生きてきた

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えいこうのかげ

live in the shadow of (someone’s) glory

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世界征服を企む

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せかいせいふくをたくらむ

Plot world domination

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戦いに挑む

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たたかいにいどむ

Face the challenge of combatting something

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牙城を崩す

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がじょうをくずす

Break stronghold

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挑発を受けて立とう

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ちょうはつをうけてたとう

Rise to accept a challenge

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惨敗を喫する

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ざんぱいをきっする

Suffer a crushing defeat

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致命傷を負う

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ちめいしょうをおう

Be fatally injured, mortally wounded

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面持ち

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おももち

Expression, look

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16
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方々に電話をかける

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ほうぼうに

Call a lot of people

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重厚な雰囲気

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じゅうこう

Heavy air/atmosphere

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跡形もなく消える

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あとかた

Disappear without a trace

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先導役

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せんどうやく

Pacemaker, leader

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20
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痛恨の一撃

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つうこんのいちげき
Critical hit (from dragon quest)
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21
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大々的

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だいだいてき

Intense, massive

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瀬戸際の

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せとぎわの

Elevent-hour, on the brink

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23
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厭う

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いとう

嫌う

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がくぜんとした

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Astounded, stunned

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途方もない
とほう | Extraordinary, nonsensical
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糸口
いとぐち | Lead, clue
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へきえきする
Sick of, irritated or overwhelmed by
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法外な
ほうがい | Excessive, unheard of
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計略
けいりゃく | Trick, bait
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根幹を脅かす
こんかんをおびやかす | Threaten the core (of one’s business, in this case)
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秘密裏に
ひみつりに | Behind closed doors, in secret
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稚拙な感じ
ちせつな | Poor impression
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千年の長きにわたって
For 1000 years
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大理石
だいりせき | Marble
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目の付け所
めのつけどころ | Point of focus
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木箱
きばこ | Crate
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拒む
こばむ | Refuse
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即刻かつ問答無用
そっこく もんどうむよう | Immediately and without discussion
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遠のく
とおのく | Fade, die, become remote
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どん底に突き落とされていた
どんぞこ つきおとす | Driven to the depths of
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食い下がる
くいさがる | Fight, hold one’s own against
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救世主
きゅうせいしゅ | Savior
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退屈しきっている
Bored to death
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オールバック
Slicked back hair
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金鉱を掘り当てる
きんこう | Strike gold
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射的場
しゃてきじょう、しゃてきば | Shooting gallery
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満身創痍
まんしんそうい | To have wounds all over one’s body
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供給過剰
きょうきゅう | Oversupply
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はじける
Burst (bubble)
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存続させる
そんぞく | Keep something alive
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君臨する
くんりん | Reign supreme
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策略を巡らす
さくりゃく めぐらす | Devise a strategy, pull a silly stunt
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変貌を遂げる
``` へんぼう とげる Undergo transformation(s) ```
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曽祖父
そうそふ | Great grandfather
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見本市
みほんいち | Trade show/fair
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打ちのめされる
get clobbered, be overwhelmed
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眉間にしわを寄せて〜する
みけん | Do 〜 with a frown
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髪をかき上げる
Brush ones hair back
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立ち尽くす
たちつくす | Just stand there
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社運を賭ける
しゃうん | Bet the future of the company
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くじく
Thwart, dash, shatter
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~を生かすも殺すも〔主語〕次第である
Have the power of life and death over
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振り出しに戻る
ふりだし | Go back to square one
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またしても
Once again
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〜にまい進する
まいしん | Forge ahead
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敬遠する
けいえん | Shy away from, avoid
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落胆する
らくたん | Get discouraged
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起爆剤
きばくざい | Detonator, detonating agent
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下積み時代
したづみ | Early years
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殺風景
さっぷうけい | Drab, sparsely decorated, stark
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眉をひそめる
まゆ | Frown
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顔をしかめる
Make a face at
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即答する
そくとう | Answer right away
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〜とたもとを分つ
わかつ | Part ways with
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みじんも〜ない
Not one iota
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毎年恒例の
こうれい | Annual
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目玉
めだま | Highlight, main feature
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基調講演
きちょう | Keynote speech
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聴衆
ちょうしゅう | Audience, crowd
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ぎごちなく
Awkwardly
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疾風のごとく
しっぷう | Like the wind
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着ぐるみ
きぐるみ | Mascot suit
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拡声器
かくせいき | Megaphone
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罵倒
ばとう | Diatribe
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真っ向から(反対する)
まっこう | Straight from the shoulder (drastically opposed)
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爽快
そうかい | Fresh, kick ass
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至難の業
しなんのわざ | A cumbersome task
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小太り
こぶとり | Chubby
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続行する
ぞっこう | Continue with
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真っ向勝負
まっこう | Head-to-head battle
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商戦
しょうせん | Business competition, shopping season, クリスマス商戦
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最速の
さいそく | Fastest
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一線を画す
いっせんをかくす | Draw a sharp line
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見くびる
みくびる | Denigrate, look down on
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不釣り合い
ふつりあい | Assymettey, mismatch, disagreement
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たじろぐ
Shrink back, wince
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血生臭い
ちなまぐさい | Bloody
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突き進む
つきすすぬ | Smash forward, go headlong
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健在
けんざい | Alive and well
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血しぶきをまう
ちしぶき | Spatter with blood
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魅惑的
みわくてき | Bewitching, enchanting, glamorous
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先鋭化する
せんえい | Become radicalized
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茶番
ちゃばん | Farce
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絶大な
ぜつだい | Tremendous
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磐石な
ばんじゃく | Staunch, stable
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痛感する
つうかん | Hit home, really sense
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返り咲く
かえりざく | Stage/make a comeback
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巻き返しを図る
Catch up
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最後の砦
とりで | Last bastion, final holdout
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生命線
Lifeline
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暗黒時代
Dark Ages
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快調に進む
かいちう | Go smoothly, at a good clip, sail along
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~の黄金時代は終焉を迎える
しゅうえん mark the end of the golden age of (Cease to exist)
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大衆娯楽
たいしゅうごらく | Mass entertainment
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画策する
かくさく | Plot, orchestrate
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前代未聞もない
ぜんだいみもん | Unprecedented, unheard of
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覇権戦争
はけんせんそう | Struggle for supremacy
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知る由もない
しるよしもない | Little does one know
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屈服する
くっぷく | Bend the knee, submit