- 急所
- きゅうしょ
vitals
tender spot
secret
key* * *きゅうしょ【急所】crux(複~es, cruces)〖C〗《正式》[通例 the ~] 急所, ポイント, 核心vital part〖C〗(生命にかかわる)急所.▲a home thrust 急所の一突き.
¶ → 急所を突く* * *きゅうしょ【急所】1 〔命にかかわる所〕 a vital part [core]; a sensitive spot; 〈総称〉 the vitals.●見事な急所の一突きで牛を仕留める dispatch a bull with a deft home thrust.
●急所を突く hit [strike] home; hit sb on a tender [sore] spot; hit sb where it hurts; touch sb on a raw nerve [《英》 《口》 the raw]
・(弾丸などが)急所をそれる miss the vital parts
・急所をやられる be hit in the vitals
・急所を蹴上げる kick sb in the groin [a sensitive spot]
・急所を握っている 〔弱みをつかんでいる〕 have a hold on [over] sb
・その言葉は彼の急所を突いた. The words hit him on a raw nerve.
2 〔要点〕 the vital [key, essential] point.●問題の急所 the key [essential] point of a question; the crux of a problem; the heart of a matter.
●急所をつかむ[押さえる] catch [grasp] the (key) point 《of a problem》
・問題の急所をきちんと押さえて説明する explain sth with a firm grasp of the crux of the problem
・急所を突いた質問 a question that goes to the heart of the matter; a question that is to the point
・急所をはずれた質問 a question that is beside the point [wide of the mark].
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.