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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

駆かけ引ひき

kakehiki

maneuvering, tactics

Example sentences

  1. 外交がいこうの駆かけ引ひきでは、とても彼かれには及およばない。

    I am no match for him in diplomatic shrewdness.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 恋こいの駆かけ引ひき

    the give and take or maneuverings of love

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 古今東西ここんとうざいの多彩たさいな献上品けんじょうひんやアトラクションが供きょうせられる一方いっぽうで、諸大名しょだいみょうのあいだではすでに秀吉亡ひでよしなき後のちの政権せいけんのあり方かたについて、陰いんに陽ようにさまざまな駆かけ引ひきや腹はらの探さぐりあいがあったという。

    While presenting varied gifts and attractions from all over the country, the feudal lords were already maneuvering and sounding each other out, both in secret and in the open, about how the government should be run following Hideyoshi’s death.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 駆引

  • 駆drive; runOnクKunかける・かる
  • 引pullOnインKunひく・ひける

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