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鎧袖一触 (がいしゅういっしょく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

鎧がい袖しゅう一いっ触しょく

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Meanings

1

defeating easily; beating hands down; with a single blow

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)›

A yojijukugo meaning to defeat an opponent effortlessly, as if with one touch of the sleeve of one's armor. Used in literary or emphatic contexts.

彼かれは相あい手てを鎧がい袖しゅう

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触しょく

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た

。

He defeated his opponent with a single blow.

その試し合あいは鎧がい袖しゅう一いっ触しょくの勝しょう利りだった。

The match was a hands-down victory.

Kanji

鎧put on armor, arm oneself
袖sleeve, wing (building), extension
一one, one radical (no.1)
触contact, touch, feel

Related words

一いっ蹴しゅう
一蹴 also means defeating easily or rejecting outright, but is more common and less literary than 鎧袖一触.
圧あっ勝しょう
圧勝 means a crushing victory, but is a more neutral, modern term without the literary or figurative nuance of 鎧袖一触.

Etymology

A yojijukugo composed of 鎧 (armor), 袖 (sleeve), 一 (one), and 触 (touch). The phrase evokes the image of defeating an enemy with just a light touch of one's armored sleeve, implying overwhelming ease.