いって

[一手] ¶→一手に引き受ける

一手
a move (in game)
a method
single-handed
a monopoly

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いって【一手】

¶ → 一手に引き受ける

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いって【一手】

1 〔独占〕

●一手に引き受ける undertake alone; face single-handed

・彼は敵を一手に引き受けて戦った. He battled [faced] the enemy single-handed.

・そのメーカーの商品の宣伝は当社が一手に引き受けている. We have an exclusive contract for promoting that manufacturer's products.

・日本では, 映画の製作, 配給, 興行を一手に引き受ける大手会社数社が映画市場を独占している. In Japan, the market is dominated by a few major corporations that have monopoly control over the production, distribution, and screening of movies.

・彼女はその化粧品の仕入れから販売までを一手に任されている. She has been entrusted with sole responsibility for that line of cosmetics, from ordering the stock to its final sale.

・天気予報の業務は今までは気象庁がほぼ一手に握っていた. The Meteorological Agency has exercised nearly total control over the business of weather forecasting.

・当時は, 彼が首相の個人資金と政治資金の両方を一手に管理していた. At the time he alone managed the Prime Minister's personal finances as well as his political fund.

2 〔将棋･囲碁などの 1 回の指し手〕 a move (in board games).

●この一手で勝敗が決する. This move will decide the game.

●彼は相手の次の一手を正確に予測していた. He had accurately predicted his opponent's next move.

3 〔ただ 1 つの手段〕 the only means available.

●押しの一手 ⇒おし¹

・相撲は押しの一手. Winning at sumo wrestling comes down to who can push the hardest.

・泣きの一手 ⇒なき²

・彼は泣きの一手で彼女に「うん」と言わせた. He kept at her with his tearful pleading until she finally said yes.