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[けん()·せい()]
kensei
noun, suru verb

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[けんせい()]
kensei

English Meaning(s) for 牽制

noun, suru verb
  1. check; keeping in check; restraint; curbing; reining in; discouraging (from doing)
  2. containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; feint operation; show of force
  3. pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

Definition and Synonyms for 牽制

Check obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
Synonyms: チェック, 割符, 小切手, 牽制
Diversion an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack
Synonyms: 牽制
Constraint the act of constraining
Synonyms: コンストレイント, 強制, 束縛, 気詰まり, 牽制
Feint deceive by a mock action
Synonyms: 牽制
Restraint a rule or condition that limits freedom
Synonyms: くびき, 制御, 制止, 制約, 制限, 手かせ, 抑制, 抑圧, 抑止, 拘束, 掣肘, 束縛, 梏桎, 牽制, 繋縛, 覊束, 首枷
Constraint the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others
Synonyms: コンストレイント, 強制, 束縛, 気詰まり, 牽制

Meanings for each kanji in 牽制

» pull; tug; jerk; admit; install; quote; refer to
» system; law; rule

Categories 牽制 is a member of

Obstruction getting in someone's way
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Attack an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
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Confinement the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
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Feign make a pretence of
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Restriction a principle that limits the extent of something
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