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激戦区
げきせんく
1. [n]
▶ closely contested constituency
▶ highly competitive marketplace
▶ [fig] battleground



History:
2. A 2013-04-04 14:35:29  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
We can tag it thus, although it's not distributed yet.
  Diff:
@@ -14,1 +14,1 @@
-<gloss>battleground</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="fig">battleground</gloss>
1. A* 2013-04-03 23:08:50  Richard Warmington <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
げきせん‐く	 【激戦区】	
1 立候補者の多い選挙区。「少数の議席をめぐり―となる」
2 同業店が多く建ち並び、売り上げをはげしく争っている地域。
また、同業者が多く、競争のはげしい業界。
「ラーメン店の―」「新興企業が―に参入する」
http://kotobank.jp/word/激戦区
-
昨年11月に念願のNY店をオープンさせた「メーカーズシャツ鎌倉」。選んだ場所はマディソン街の中心部と
いうアパレルの激戦区。
  Comments:
"battleground" is intended to be figurative, of course.
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +13,2 @@
+<gloss>highly competitive marketplace</gloss>
+<gloss>battleground</gloss>

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