Word Meaning 切り札

きりふだ kirifuda

切り札 is read as きりふだ (kirifuda) and means ace up one's sleeve.

Meaning

English

ace up one's sleeve
secret weapon
trump
trump card

Reading

Kana

きりふだ

Romaji

kirifuda

Writing Variants

切札きりふだ kirifuda

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 12752 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

札片を切る

さつびらをきる

to spend money freely

切符

きっぷ

ticket

切り捨てる

きりすてる

to cut off and throw away

切り替える

きりかえる

to change

切り替え

きりかえ

exchange

切り捨て

きりすて

omission

切り身

きりみ

cut

切り羽

きりは

face (of a wall of coal or ore, etc.)

切羽詰まる

せっぱつまる

to be at one's wits' end

切り詰める

きりつめる

to shorten

切り詰め

きりつめ

retrenchment

切り替わる

きりかわる

to change (to)

Example Sentences

切り札は最後まで見せるな。見せるなら、さらに奥の手を持て。

Keep that ace up your sleeve. If you're going to show it, have another even further up.

「背が伸びて入らないわよね」「そう、断じて太ったわけではない！」「成長したという便利な言葉は我々の切り札」

"We've got taller so they don't fit." "Right, it's certainly not that we've got fat!" "The useful phrase 'grown up' is our trump card."

Context Links Usage in Anime Open to see people, character names, and anime titles. 3 related entries

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