Word Meaning 地雷

じらい jirai

地雷 is read as じらい (jirai) and means land mine.

Meaning

English

  1. land mine
  2. something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business)
  3. booby trap
  4. pitfall
  5. topic that sets someone off
  6. sensitive topic
  7. taboo topic
  8. trigger

Reading

Kana

じらい

Romaji

jirai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 13225 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

地雷除去作業

じらいじょきょさぎょう

mine-clearing operation

地雷原

じらいげん

minefield

地震雷火事親父

じしんかみなりかじおやじ

things to fear: earthquakes, thunder, fires and, most of all, fathers

地雷除去

じらいじょきょ

mine clearance

地雷火

じらいか

(land) mine

地雷敷設地帯

じらいふせつちたい

mined strip (of land)

地雷を踏む

じらいをふむ

to step on a landmine

地雷臭

じらいしゅう

suspicion that something is inferior (game, product, etc.)

対人地雷

たいじんじらい

anti-personnel land mine

仕掛地雷

しかけじらい

booby trap

地価

ちか

the price of land

地盤

じばん

foundation (building, etc.)