Pry off in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishTo remove something attached to a surface by levering it away with a tool.

Definition in Japanese取り付けられた物の隙間に道具を差し込み、てこの力で取り外す。

Example sentences

• 平たいバールを使えば、あの傷んだ細い板を割らずに(ひらたいばーるをつかえば、)こじって外せそう(あのいたんだほそいいたをわらずに)だね。🔊

  A flat bar should let us pry off that damaged strip without breaking it.

• 裏(うら)の隙間(すきま)に手(て)が届(とど)くように、誰(だれ)かが縁(ふち)の板(いた)をこじって外(はず)したみたいだね。🔊

  Someone pried off the trim to get at the gap behind it.

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