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jmdict 1380290 Active (id: 1144289)
聖域 [news1,nf13]
せいいき [news1,nf13]
1. [n,adj-no]
▶ sacred precincts
▶ sanctuary
▶ consecrated ground
▶ holy ground
2. [n]
▶ issue that is regarded as being off-limits
▶ matter that is not up for discussion



History:
4. A 2013-07-29 22:23:57  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2013-07-29 20:56:16  Richard Warmington <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Example in MS Office dictionary:
聖域を侵す trespass on [invade] the holy ground 《of》
  Diff:
@@ -20,0 +20,1 @@
+<gloss>holy ground</gloss>
2. A 2013-07-28 22:11:44  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2013-07-28 13:40:18  Richard Warmington <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Also has a figurative sense.
Is there a "fig." tag?
ALC: 
1) 航空会社はこれまで聖域だったビジネス料金を引き下げた。Airlines slashed the once untouchable business fare.
2) 改革に聖域はない。 Nothing is off-limits for reform.
3) 聖域を認めない思い切った改革を実行する
4) 聖域なき見直し review without exceptions
.
Sense #3 in this definition:
1 聖人の地位または境地。	
2 神聖な地域。神社・寺院の境内、神が宿るとされる所など。「―を侵す」	
3 それに触れてはならないとされている問題や領域。
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/120953/m1u/聖域/
  Diff:
@@ -21,0 +21,5 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>issue that is regarded as being off-limits</gloss>
+<gloss>matter that is not up for discussion</gloss>
+</sense>

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