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jmdict 2827874 Active (id: 1925160)
累卵
るいらん
1. [n]
▶ dangerous situation
▶ perilous position
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2827873 累卵の危うき【るいらんのあやうき】 1. imminent danger; threatened ruin
2. [n]
▶ [lit] pile of eggs



History:
3. A 2015-12-02 04:57:02  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
arch or something for sense 2 perhaps
2. A* 2015-12-01 10:34:34  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Daijr (いくつも積み重ねた卵の意), GG5, etc. N-grams:
累卵の危うきにある	70
累卵	3545
累卵の危うき	540
  Comments:
All the JEs refer to the expression: "累卵の危うきにある", which in fact is not that common.
  Diff:
@@ -12,2 +12,6 @@
-<gloss>A pile of eggs</gloss>
-<gloss>a house of cards</gloss>
+<gloss>dangerous situation</gloss>
+<gloss>perilous position</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss g_type="lit">pile of eggs</gloss>
1. A* 2015-12-01 07:14:03  Tom Zerlau <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/累卵

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