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やり取り

遣り取り

Reading

Kana: やりとり
Romaji: yaritori
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Definition

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giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り
Meanings: take, fetch, take up
Readings: ケン、 つか.う、 -つか.い、 -づか.い、 つか.わす、 や.る
Meanings: dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake

Example Sentences

(わたし)彼女(かのじょ)手紙(てがみ)のやりとりをしている。
➥I exchange letters with her.
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()(まえ)()(ひろ)げられるやり()りは、(おれ)(はい)()(ひま)なんて(いち)ミリもない。
➥The exchange unfolding in front of my eyes had not a single millimetre of a gap in which for me to slip.
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インドのバイヤーと日本(にっぽん)のビジネスマンは(しん)製品(せいひん)()をめぐって(はげ)しいやりとりをした。
➥An Indian buyer and a Japanese businessman haggled over the price of the new product.
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両親(りょうしん)とは手紙(てがみ)のやりとりを(つづ)けています。
➥I keep in touch with my parents by mail.
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(さき)ほどの(かれ)らのやり()りにはひやひやしたよ。まさに一触即発(いっしょくそくはつ)危機(きき)だったね。
➥I was really nervous to see how they dealt with each other just now. I guess things were touch-and-go between them.
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