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Tactics 作戦【さくせん】Japanese Lesson #122

先手必勝せんてひっしょう
マットのルールを無視むしした作戦さくせんられ、なにもできないサカモトであった。

Whoever strikes first wins!

Sakamoto who could do nothing, was overpowered by Matt’s tactics to ignore the rules.

 

→この事件じけん翌日よくじつ新聞しんぶん一面いちめんおおきくかざった。

The next day, this incident appeared on the front page of the newspaper.

 

Vocab Breakdown

先手必勝(せんてひっしょう):this is an expression that means that the first person to attack is the victor. You can also think of it as “the early bird gets the worm”

ルールを無視する(るーるをむしする):to ignore the rules

~作戦に押し切られる(さくせんにおしきられる):to be overpowered by (one’s) tactics

何もできない(なにもできない):to not be able to do anything

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英単語チェック

whoever strikes first wins / the early bird gets the worm: 先手必勝

be able to do nothing / not be able to do anything : 何も出来ない

ignore the rules : ルールを無視する

overpowered by (one’s) tactics : 作戦に押し切られる

 

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