牽制

See also: 牵制

Chinese

lead along
 
system; to make; to manufacture; to control; to regulate
trad. (牽制)
simp. (牵制)

Pronunciation


Verb

牽制

  1. (figuratively) to pin down; to tie up; to check (e.g. the enemy forces)
  2. (baseball) to stop a runner from stealing a base by throwing the baseball to the man on base

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けん
Jinmeiyō
せい
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

牽制 (hiragana けんせい, rōmaji kensei)

  1. restraint, a check

Verb

牽制する (transitive, hiragana けんせいする, rōmaji kensei suru)

  1. restrain, constrain

Conjugation

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