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束になってかかる (たばになってかかる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
expression, godan verb (-ru)
gang up on ; attack in a group
idiomatic expression
Idiomatic expression describing multiple people joining forces to attack or confront someone, often with a nuance of unfairness or overwhelming numbers.
一人ひとり
で
戦たたか
っ
て
いる
相あい
手て
に
束たば
に
なっ
て
かかる
の
は
卑ひ
怯きょう
だ
。
It's cowardly to gang up on someone who is fighting alone.
Written forms 束たば になってかかる
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling for this idiomatic expression.
束たば になって 掛か かる
Alternate spelling using 掛かる; less common but still seen.
Etymology From 束 (たば, 'bundle') + になって (becoming) + かかる (to attack), literally 'to attack as a bundle', i.e., to gang up on someone.
