- やたいぼね
- [屋台骨] *foundation【C】[通例 ~s] 基礎, 基盤∥ a great event which shook the very foundations of the company 会社の屋台骨を揺るがした一大事件.屋台骨
framework
mainstay
support
supporter* * *やたいぼね【屋台骨】*foundation〖C〗[通例 ~s] 基礎, 基盤a great event which shook the very foundations of the company 会社の屋台骨を揺るがした一大事件.
* * *やたいぼね【屋台骨】〔建物の〕 the framework; the foundation; 〔身代〕 means; fortune; property.●屋台骨がぐらつく undergo a dangerous setback; be set on a shaky foundation; 〔切り回す人を失う〕 lose a good manager.
●急激な円高は輸出依存度の高い企業の屋台骨を揺るがすことになった. The sudden strengthening of the yen shook the underpinnings of firms with a high dependency on exporting.
・中小企業が日本経済の屋台骨を支えてきた. Small and medium-sized enterprises have supported the foundations of the Japanese economy.
・安い輸入品が当社の屋台骨を揺さぶった. Inexpensive imported goods shook the foundations of our company.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.