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じらい
Meanings
Noun
1. land mine
2. topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; taboo topic; trigger
3. something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap; pitfall
Alt. forms
地
じ
雷
らい
99%
じらい
Pitch accent
じ
らい
Composed of
じ
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
らい
lightning; thunder; thunderbolt
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
じらい
をふ
む
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
じらい
げん
minefield
たいじん
じらい
anti-personnel land mine
じらい
か
(land) mine
じらい
しゅう
suspicion that something is inferior (game, product, etc.)
じらい
じょきょ
mine clearance
しかけ
じらい
booby trap
Examples (1 in total)
彼
かれ
は
じらい
の
上
うえ
を
運
うん
転
てん
して、
彼
かれ
のジープは
爆
ばく
裂
れつ
した。
He drove over a land mine and his jeep blew up.