じらい
Jirai
地雷 (Jirai) is a Japanese noun meaning “land mine, topic that sets someone off, sensitive topic, taboo topic”.
Meanings
- nounland mine
- nountopic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; taboo topic; trigger
- nounsomething that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap; pitfall
Examples
彼は地雷の上を運転して、彼のジープは爆裂した。
He drove over a land mine and his jeep blew up.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).