ぶら下さがり取しゅ材ざい

noun

doorstop interview; on-the-move interview

A Japanese media term for an informal, often impromptu interview where reporters surround a public figure (e.g., a politician) in a hallway or on the move, asking questions for quick, off-the-cuff responses. The name literally means 'hanging-on interview'.

• 首しゅ相しょうは国こっ会かいの廊ろう下かでぶら下さがり取しゅ材ざいに応おうじた。

  The prime minister gave a doorstop interview in the Diet hallway.

• 記き者しゃたちは大だい臣じんにぶら下さがり取しゅ材ざいを試こころみた。

  The reporters attempted an on-the-move interview with the minister.