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たらい回し

盥回し

Reading

Kana: たらいまわし
Romaji: taraimawashi
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

noun
vs
1

acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back)

2

handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order)

3

handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)

Kanji

回
Readings: カイ、 エ、 まわ.る、 -まわ.る、 -まわ.り、 まわ.す、 -まわ.す、 まわ.し-、 -まわ.し、 もとお.る、 か.える
Meanings: -times, round, game, revolve, counter for occurrences
盥
Readings: カン、 たらい、 そそ.ぐ
Meanings: tub, washbasin

Example Sentence

政権(せいけん)のたらい回(まわ)しは反対(はんたい)だ。
➥I'm opposed to political power being monopolized within a clique.
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