さてつ

[砂鉄] iron sand

【U】.

砂鉄
iron sand
蹉跌
failure
stumbling
setback

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さてつ【砂鉄】

iron sand

〖U〗.

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I

さてつ【砂鉄】

iron [magnetic] sand.

II

さてつ【蹉跌】

〔つまずき〕 stumbling; a stumbling block; 〔失敗〕 a failure; a miscarriage; a fiasco 《pl. ～(e)s》; a setback; a deadlock; a snag.

～する 〔つまずく〕 stumble; 〔失敗する〕 fail; miscarry; fall through; end in failure [a fiasco]; be deadlocked; reach [come to] a deadlock; hit [run (up) against] a snag.

●ようやく始めた事業はすぐに蹉跌してしまった. After finally getting started, the project hit a stumbling block [ran into an obstacle, hit a snag] almost immediately.

●事業の蹉跌 a setback in business; a snag in an enterprise.

●そのために計画に蹉跌をきたした. That has upset all our plans.

・事業に蹉跌をきたした. The enterprise has struck a snag [bogged down].