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 StrokesStudy Signals and Categories
Related Vocabulary
Max. 12Example Sentences
2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."