二段構え (にだんがまえ)keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation
- keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparationnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Kanji in 二段構え
- 二Two; Two Radical (no. 7)Read with its on'yomi here · JLPT N5
- 段Grade; Steps; StairsRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N3
- 構Posture; Build; PretendRead with its kun'yomi here · JLPT N3
Words that share its kanji
- 二にtwo
- 二人ふたりtwo persons; two people
- 二月にがつFebruary
- 十二じゅうにtwelve; 12
- 十二月じゅうにがつDecember
- 二つふたつtwo
- 二百にひゃく200; two hundred
- 二塁にるいsecond base
- 段階だんかいgrade; level
- 手段しゅだんmeans; way
- 値段ねだんprice; cost
- 一段いちだんmore; much more
- 普段ふだんusual; normal
- 階段かいだんstairs; stairway
- 段ボールだんボール(corrugated) cardboard
- 現段階げんだんかいpresent stage; current phase
- 構造こうぞうstructure; construction
- 機構きこうmechanism; organization
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