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：2026/01/02
死に体
Hiragana
しにたい
Noun
Japanese Meaning
敗北寸前で立て直しがきかない状態のこと。相撲では、土俵際で体勢を崩して負けがほぼ確定した状態を指す。転じて、政治やビジネスなどで、権威や勢いを失い、立て直しがほぼ不可能な状況を意味する。
Easy Japanese Meaning
もうよくならない ひじょうにわるい じょうきょうや たおれそうな からだのようす
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
（相扑）败势，将倒之势 / （政治）跛脚鸭状态 / 无望的局面，气数已尽
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
（相撲）敗勢、已無法翻盤的姿勢 / （政治）跛腳鴨；失去實權、行將垮臺的狀態 / 絕望的局面；已無力回天的狀態
Korean Meaning
(스모) 더는 회복이 불가능한 패색의 자세 / (정치) 레임덕 상태 / 회복이 불가능한 절망적 상황
Vietnamese Meaning
(sumo) tư thế thua, sắp ngã không thể cứu vãn / (chính trị) tình trạng “vịt què”, mất hiệu lực/quyền lực / tình thế vô vọng, không còn khả năng xoay chuyển
Sense（1）
(sumo) losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover
Sense（2）
(politics) lame duck
Sense（3）
hopeless situation
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Quizzes for review
(sumo) losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover / (politics) lame duck / hopeless situation
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死に体
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He ended up in a losing posture in the sumo match.
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彼は相撲の試合で死に体の状態になってしまった。
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