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| For pronunciation and definitions of でばなをおる – see the following entry.
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| 【出鼻を折る】
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- [verb] (idiomatic) to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
Alternative spelling出端を折る
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| (This term, でばなをおる (debanaōru), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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