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股にかける (またにかける) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
expression, ichidan verb
travel widely ; be active across a broad area
idiomatic expression
Idiomatic expression literally meaning 'to straddle one's crotch over', used figuratively for ranging far and wide, covering many places, or being active in widely separated locations.
その
営えい
業ぎょう
マン
は
日本にほん
全ぜん
国こく
を
股また
に
かけ
て
飛と
び
回まわ
っ
て
いる
。
That salesperson flies around all over Japan.
Written forms 股また にかける
Standard kanji spelling for this idiomatic expression.
股また に 掛か ける
Variant using 掛ける instead of かける; less common but still encountered.
Etymology From 股 (また, 'crotch, groin') + に + かける (掛ける, 'to hang, suspend'). The literal image is of straddling something with legs apart, which extended to the figurative sense of covering a wide area or being active across distant places.
