足掛け

あしかけ【足掛け】

step

〖C〗ステップ

foothold

〖C〗

stretcher

〖C〗(ボートの)足掛け， ストレッチャー.

¶～8年

for eight calendar years; about eight years.

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あしかけ【足掛け】

1 〔相撲･柔道などのわざ〕 throwing an opponent over one's leg; a leg trip.

●吉岡選手は相手を足掛けで倒して寝わざにもちこんだ. Yoshioka threw his opponent over his leg and moved into groundwork technique.

2 〔年[月, 日]数の数えかた, 前後の端数月[日, 時間]をそれぞれ 1 年[月, 日]と数えて〕 and some months [days, hours].

●東京にきて足掛け5 年になる. I've been in Tokyo for three full years and some months.

・足掛け10 年にわたる研究の結果が世に出た. The result of nearly ten years of research has been published [has come out].