槍玉に挙げる

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
槍 玉 挙
Jinmeiyō Grade: 1 Grade: 4
Alternative spelling
槍玉に擧げる (kyūjitai)

Verb

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槍玉(やりだま)に挙(あ)げる • (yaridama ni ageru) transitive ichidan (stem 槍玉(やりだま)に挙(あ)げ (yaridama ni age), past 槍玉(やりだま)に挙(あ)げた (yaridama ni ageta))

  1. single out for ridicule
    • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":
      そして我(われ)々(われ)は、それを国(こく)際(さい)会(かい)議(ぎ)で槍(やり)玉(だま)に挙(あ)げる試(こころ)みには反(はん)対(たい)である。
      Soshite wareware wa, sore o kokusai kaigi de yaridama ni ageru kokoromi ni wa hantai de aru.
      And we will stand against attempts to single it out for criticism in international forums.
  2. make an example of
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