きりふだ
Kirifuda
Other forms: 切札
切り札 (Kirifuda) is a Japanese noun meaning “trump, trump card, ace up one's sleeve, secret weapon”.
Meanings
- nountrump; trump card
- nounace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
Examples
あの会社の社長は切り札を隠し持っています。
The president of that company has an ace up her sleeve.
切り札は最後まで見せるな。見せるなら、さらに奥の手を持て。
Keep that ace up your sleeve. If you're going to show it, have another even further up.
きっと無罪になるだけの決定的切り札を隠し持っているに違いない。
I'm sure he has something up his sleeve.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).