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体を張る
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 体を張る.
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1
to devote oneself wholeheartedly to; to sacrifice one's health for; to risk one's life
Examples
ボクが憧れたのは翔太部長の『力』じゃない。体を張ってでも信念を貫こうとする雄々しい勇気だったはず。
What I looked up to in Shota was not his 'strength'. It was his heroic courage to put his life on the line to carry out his convictions.
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