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楯
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shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
Examples
盾の両面を見よ。
Look on both sides of the shield.
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to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
Examples
あの人にたてつかない方がいいよ。
You're better off not getting in his way!
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contradiction; inconsistency
Examples
それは矛盾だらけだ。
It's a bundle of contradictions.
1
backing; support; backer; supporter; patron; sponsor
2
shield that protects one's back
1
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to)
2
to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up; to hold (a castle, etc.)
Examples
しかし王女は部屋に立てこもって出てこなかった。
However, the princess had barricaded herself in her room and wouldn't come out.
1
shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.)
2
barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)
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Proverb
look at both sides of the thing; look at both sides of the shield