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jmdict 2789190 Active (id: 1141347)
八方破れ
はっぽうやぶれ
1. [adj-no,n]
▶ full of holes (e.g. argument)
▶ vulnerable to any kind of attack (or criticism, etc.)



History:
2. A 2013-06-03 02:10:38  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij, gg5, eij
  Comments:
sources don't seem to really agree with "self abandonment"
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +11,1 @@
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -12,2 +13,2 @@
-<pos>&exp;</pos>
-<gloss>self abandonment</gloss>
+<gloss>full of holes (e.g. argument)</gloss>
+<gloss>vulnerable to any kind of attack (or criticism, etc.)</gloss>
1. A* 2013-06-02 21:23:25  Rick Papo <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Encountered in Takemiya Yuyuko's "Golden Time", page 52.  Paragraph in question: もうちょっと、東京で頑張りたいのだ。あちこち微妙に綻びつつあるこの状況に右往左往の日々だけど、それでも、どうにかして、ここで落ち着きたいのだ。八方破れでも踏ん張りたい。

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