Business Wars - Nintendo vs. Sony Flashcards

1
Q

心血を注ぐ

A

しんけつをそそぐ

Pour one’s heart into

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忍び寄る

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しのびよる

Creep up on

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理にかなった

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りにかなった

Reasonable, logical

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4
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当惑した表情

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とうわく

Perplexed look

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5
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戦慄

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せんりつ

Horror, shiver of terror

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6
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身を投じる

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みをとうじる

Throw oneself into

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7
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億万長者

A

おくまんちょうじゃ

Billionaire, super wealthy

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〜の栄光の影に生きてきた

A

えいこうのかげ

live in the shadow of (someone’s) glory

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9
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世界征服を企む

A

せかいせいふくをたくらむ

Plot world domination

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10
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戦いに挑む

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たたかいにいどむ

Face the challenge of combatting something

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11
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牙城を崩す

A

がじょうをくずす

Break stronghold

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12
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挑発を受けて立とう

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ちょうはつをうけてたとう

Rise to accept a challenge

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13
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惨敗を喫する

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ざんぱいをきっする

Suffer a crushing defeat

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14
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致命傷を負う

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ちめいしょうをおう

Be fatally injured, mortally wounded

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15
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面持ち

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おももち

Expression, look

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16
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方々に電話をかける

A

ほうぼうに

Call a lot of people

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17
Q

重厚な雰囲気

A

じゅうこう

Heavy air/atmosphere

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18
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跡形もなく消える

A

あとかた

Disappear without a trace

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19
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先導役

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せんどうやく

Pacemaker, leader

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20
Q

痛恨の一撃

A
つうこんのいちげき
Critical hit (from dragon quest)
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21
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大々的

A

だいだいてき

Intense, massive

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22
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瀬戸際の

A

せとぎわの

Elevent-hour, on the brink

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23
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厭う

A

いとう

嫌う

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24
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がくぜんとした

A

Astounded, stunned

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25
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途方もない

A

とほう

Extraordinary, nonsensical

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26
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糸口

A

いとぐち

Lead, clue

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27
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へきえきする

A

Sick of, irritated or overwhelmed by

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28
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法外な

A

ほうがい

Excessive, unheard of

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29
Q

計略

A

けいりゃく

Trick, bait

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30
Q

根幹を脅かす

A

こんかんをおびやかす

Threaten the core (of one’s business, in this case)

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31
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秘密裏に

A

ひみつりに

Behind closed doors, in secret

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32
Q

稚拙な感じ

A

ちせつな

Poor impression

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33
Q

千年の長きにわたって

A

For 1000 years

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34
Q

大理石

A

だいりせき

Marble

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35
Q

目の付け所

A

めのつけどころ

Point of focus

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36
Q

木箱

A

きばこ

Crate

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37
Q

拒む

A

こばむ

Refuse

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38
Q

即刻かつ問答無用

A

そっこく もんどうむよう

Immediately and without discussion

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39
Q

遠のく

A

とおのく

Fade, die, become remote

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40
Q

どん底に突き落とされていた

A

どんぞこ つきおとす

Driven to the depths of

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41
Q

食い下がる

A

くいさがる

Fight, hold one’s own against

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42
Q

救世主

A

きゅうせいしゅ

Savior

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43
Q

退屈しきっている

A

Bored to death

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44
Q

オールバック

A

Slicked back hair

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45
Q

金鉱を掘り当てる

A

きんこう

Strike gold

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46
Q

射的場

A

しゃてきじょう、しゃてきば

Shooting gallery

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47
Q

満身創痍

A

まんしんそうい

To have wounds all over one’s body

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48
Q

供給過剰

A

きょうきゅう

Oversupply

49
Q

はじける

A

Burst (bubble)

50
Q

存続させる

A

そんぞく

Keep something alive

51
Q

君臨する

A

くんりん

Reign supreme

52
Q

策略を巡らす

A

さくりゃく めぐらす

Devise a strategy, pull a silly stunt

53
Q

変貌を遂げる

A
へんぼう とげる
Undergo transformation(s)
54
Q

曽祖父

A

そうそふ

Great grandfather

55
Q

見本市

A

みほんいち

Trade show/fair

56
Q

打ちのめされる

A

get clobbered, be overwhelmed

57
Q

眉間にしわを寄せて〜する

A

みけん

Do 〜 with a frown

58
Q

髪をかき上げる

A

Brush ones hair back

59
Q

立ち尽くす

A

たちつくす

Just stand there

60
Q

社運を賭ける

A

しゃうん

Bet the future of the company

61
Q

くじく

A

Thwart, dash, shatter

62
Q

~を生かすも殺すも〔主語〕次第である

A

Have the power of life and death over

63
Q

振り出しに戻る

A

ふりだし

Go back to square one

64
Q

またしても

A

Once again

65
Q

〜にまい進する

A

まいしん

Forge ahead

66
Q

敬遠する

A

けいえん

Shy away from, avoid

67
Q

落胆する

A

らくたん

Get discouraged

68
Q

起爆剤

A

きばくざい

Detonator, detonating agent

69
Q

下積み時代

A

したづみ

Early years

70
Q

殺風景

A

さっぷうけい

Drab, sparsely decorated, stark

71
Q

眉をひそめる

A

まゆ

Frown

72
Q

顔をしかめる

A

Make a face at

73
Q

即答する

A

そくとう

Answer right away

74
Q

〜とたもとを分つ

A

わかつ

Part ways with

75
Q

みじんも〜ない

A

Not one iota

76
Q

毎年恒例の

A

こうれい

Annual

77
Q

目玉

A

めだま

Highlight, main feature

78
Q

基調講演

A

きちょう

Keynote speech

79
Q

聴衆

A

ちょうしゅう

Audience, crowd

80
Q

ぎごちなく

81
Q

疾風のごとく

A

しっぷう

Like the wind

82
Q

着ぐるみ

A

きぐるみ

Mascot suit

83
Q

拡声器

A

かくせいき

Megaphone

84
Q

罵倒

A

ばとう

Diatribe

85
Q

真っ向から(反対する)

A

まっこう

Straight from the shoulder (drastically opposed)

86
Q

爽快

A

そうかい

Fresh, kick ass

87
Q

至難の業

A

しなんのわざ

A cumbersome task

88
Q

小太り

A

こぶとり

Chubby

89
Q

続行する

A

ぞっこう

Continue with

90
Q

真っ向勝負

A

まっこう

Head-to-head battle

91
Q

商戦

A

しょうせん

Business competition, shopping season, クリスマス商戦

92
Q

最速の

A

さいそく

Fastest

93
Q

一線を画す

A

いっせんをかくす

Draw a sharp line

94
Q

見くびる

A

みくびる

Denigrate, look down on

95
Q

不釣り合い

A

ふつりあい

Assymettey, mismatch, disagreement

96
Q

たじろぐ

A

Shrink back, wince

97
Q

血生臭い

A

ちなまぐさい

Bloody

98
Q

突き進む

A

つきすすぬ

Smash forward, go headlong

99
Q

健在

A

けんざい

Alive and well

100
Q

血しぶきをまう

A

ちしぶき

Spatter with blood

101
Q

魅惑的

A

みわくてき

Bewitching, enchanting, glamorous

102
Q

先鋭化する

A

せんえい

Become radicalized

103
Q

茶番

A

ちゃばん

Farce

104
Q

絶大な

A

ぜつだい

Tremendous

105
Q

磐石な

A

ばんじゃく

Staunch, stable

106
Q

痛感する

A

つうかん

Hit home, really sense

107
Q

返り咲く

A

かえりざく

Stage/make a comeback

108
Q

巻き返しを図る

109
Q

最後の砦

A

とりで

Last bastion, final holdout

110
Q

生命線

111
Q

暗黒時代

112
Q

快調に進む

A

かいちう

Go smoothly, at a good clip, sail along

113
Q

~の黄金時代は終焉を迎える

A

しゅうえん
mark the end of the golden age of
(Cease to exist)

114
Q

大衆娯楽

A

たいしゅうごらく

Mass entertainment

115
Q

画策する

A

かくさく

Plot, orchestrate

116
Q

前代未聞もない

A

ぜんだいみもん

Unprecedented, unheard of

117
Q

覇権戦争

A

はけんせんそう

Struggle for supremacy

118
Q

知る由もない

A

しるよしもない

Little does one know

119
Q

屈服する

A

くっぷく

Bend the knee, submit