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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

後うしろ盾だて

ushirodate

backer, support

Example sentences

  1. 官僚時代かんりょうじだいは、藩閥はんばつの後うしろ盾だてがなく苦労くろうするが、銀行制度ぎんこうせいどの確立かくりつに貢献こうけん。

    When he was a government official, he had a hard time because he had no backer, but he contributed to the establishment of a banking system.

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

  2. 摂関家せっかんけとしても若年じゃくねんの基実もとざねは心こころもとなく、後うしろ盾だてが必要ひつような状況じょうきょうだった。

    For the regent family, too, the young Motozane was a cause for concern, and they needed a backer.

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

  3. 天皇てんのうが帰依きえしたという事実じじつは、文観もんかんにとって大おおきな後うしろ盾だてができたということであった。

    The fact that the emperor had embraced his faith meant that Monkan had gained a powerful backer.

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

Kanji in 後盾

  • 後behind; backOnゴ・コウKunのち・うしろ・うしろ
  • 盾shieldOnジュンKunたて

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