陣取る

じんどる【陣取る】

take up one's position.

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じんどる【陣取る】

1 〔陣地を占める〕 take up one's position; station one's troops; 〔陣営を張る〕 encamp; pitch [set up] (a) camp.

2 〔(…に)位置を取る〕 place [quarter, install] oneself 《at [in, on] …》; take one's station; be stationed; take up one's quarters.

●野外劇場の最前列に陣取る take up a seat [stake out a spot] in the front row of an outdoor theater.

●彼女は入口に陣取って彼らの到着を待った. She took up her position at the door and awaited their arrival.