活路

かつろ
means of escape

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かつろ【活路】

¶ → 活路を開く

¶ → 活路を見出す

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かつろ【活路】

a means of escape [survival, surviving, staying alive, living]; a way out (of a difficulty).

●活路を開く[見出す] find a way out (of a difficulty); find a means of escape [survival, surviving, staying alive, living]

・思わぬ方面に一条の活路を見出した. They found a means of escape in an unexpected quarter.

・彼らは新天地に活路を求めて海を渡った. In search of a means of living in a new land, they journeyed across the sea.

・唯一の活路を断たれる have one's only means of (making a) living cut off.