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下敷き したじき

  1. desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; underlay
  2. being buried under; being caught under; being crushed beneath; being pinned under; being trapped under
  3. model; pattern

下敷きになる したじきになる

  1. to be pinned under; to be squashed by
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