左ひだり前まえ

noun

kimono worn right over left; dressing a corpse

Specifically refers to the way a kimono is folded right side over left, which is the custom for dressing the dead. In everyday life, the opposite (left over right) is correct.

• 死しに装しょう束ぞくは左ひだり前まえに着きせる。

  The burial kimono is worn with the right side over the left.

noun

downturn; recession; bad financial situation

Figurative use derived from the kimono sense: a reversal of normal order, implying economic decline or personal financial trouble.

• 不ふ況きょうで会かい社しゃの経けい営えいが左ひだり前まえになった。

  Due to the recession, the company's finances took a downturn.

• 家か計けいが左ひだり前まえで、節せつ約やくを強しいられている。

  Our household budget is in bad shape, forcing us to cut back.

noun

front left; front and left

Literal spatial meaning: the area or direction that is both in front and to the left. Less common than the other senses.

• 左ひだり前まえの席せきに座すわってください。

  Please sit in the front-left seat.