- 搦み
- -がらみ【-搦み】1 〔(年齢・値段について)…ぐらい〕
●50がらみ 《be》 fifty or so [thereabouts]; 《be》 about [around, in the region of] fifty; 《口》《be》 fiftyish [50ish]
・40がらみの男 a man of about [around] forty; a man of forty or so
・2,000 円がらみの品物 an article priced at [costing] about \2,000; something at \2,000 or so.
2 〔関連〕●2 閣僚が汚職事件がらみで辞職した. Two cabinet ministers resigned after involvement in a corruption case.
●保険金がらみの殺人事件 a murder involving [committed for the sake of] insurance money
・暴力団がらみの恐喝事件 a blackmail case in which gangsters are involved
・今回の彼女の言動は選挙がらみのパフォーマンスとして受け止められている. It is being assumed that her recent comments are for vote-catching purposes.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.