Vocab Info

N1 Noun

懐柔(かいじゅう)

winning over, placation, gentle persuasion

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    • Pitch Accent

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    • Word Type

      Noun

    • 単語の種類

      サ行変格動詞

    Examples

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      (てき)接近(せっきん)し、懐柔(かいじゅう)(こころ)みる。

      Approach the enemy and attempt to win them over. {winning over, placation, gentle persuasion}

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      会社(かいしゃ)昇給(しょうきゅう)社員(しゃいん)懐柔(かいじゅう)(はか)ろうとしている。

      The company is trying to win over its employees with raises. {winning over, placation, gentle persuasion}

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      議会(ぎかい)懐柔(かいじゅう)する(こと)出来(でき)たら、(おも)(どお)りにことが(すす)むのにな〜。

      If I could manage to win over the parliament, things would go as I wish~. {winning over, placation, gentle persuasion}

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      その(くに)占領地(せんりょうち)住民(じゅうみん)弾圧(だんあつ)するのではなく懐柔(かいじゅう)する(さく)をとった。

      Instead of oppressing the residents of the occupied territory, that country adopted a strategy of winning them over. {winning over, placation, gentle persuasion}

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      (さむらい):「懐柔(かいじゅう)されて(てき)寝返(ねがえ)るなどもってのほかであります。」

      Samurai: "The idea of being won over and turning against my own side is absolutely out of the question." {winning over, placation, gentle persuasion}

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