棚上げ

棚上げ
たなあげ
shelving
pigeonholing
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たなあげ【棚上げ】
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たなあげ【棚上げ】
shelving; shelving up; 〔法案などの〕 shelving; pigeonholing.
~する shelve 《a problem》; put sth to one side [aside, on the shelf]; put [place] on hold; pigeonhole; 《米》 table 《a bill, a motion》 (for further discussion).

●難問題を棚上げする shelve [postpone dealing with] a difficult problem

・負債を棚上げする reschedule a loan; give a debtor a (temporary) reprieve.

●計画は当分棚上げになった. The project has been shelved [《米》 tabled] for the time being.

・北方領土問題はいつまでも棚上げにしておくわけにはいかない. The Northern Territories issue cannot be left on the shelf indefinitely.


Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.

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