ぶら下さがり

noun

doorstepping; ambush interview; lying in wait to corner someone

Idiomatic use derived from the image of hanging onto someone. Refers to reporters or photographers waiting to catch a person for an unexpected interview or photo, often in a public place.

• 記き者しゃたちは政せい治じ家かの自じ宅たく前まえでぶら下さがり取しゅ材ざいを試こころみた。

  Reporters attempted a doorstepping interview in front of the politician's home.

• ぶら下さがりでコメントを取とろうとしたが、うまくいかなかった。

  I tried to get a comment by ambushing him, but it didn't work.

noun-modifying (irregular)

hanging; dangling

Prenominal form of ぶら下がる, used to describe something hanging or dangling. Often appears in compound nouns like ぶら下がり健康器 (hanging health device).

• ぶら下さがり健けん康こう器きで毎まい日にちぶら下さがっている。

  I hang from the hanging health device every day.

• 木きの枝えだにぶら下さがり状じょう態たいのコウモリを見みつけた。

  I found a bat hanging from a tree branch.