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English translation: three-way deadlock

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Japanese term or phrase:三竦み
English translation:three-way deadlock
Entered by: Shannon Morales

03:35 May 21, 2008
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management / Facility Management
Japanese term or phrase: 三竦み
This presents three problems with Japanese companies and then ends with ...の状態が三竦みになっている. What is 三竦み? (Or even 竦み by itself if it's relevant?) Thanks!
Shannon Morales
United States
Local time: 04:12
three-way deadlock
Explanation:
三省堂 大辞林に下記の説明があります。
［1］ 蛙(かえる)は蛇を、蛇はナメクジを、ナメクジは蛙を、それぞれ恐れてすくむこと。

［2］ 三者が互いに牽制(けんせい)しあって、だれも動き出せないこと。

・ ―の状態


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summereye
Local time: 18:12
Grading comment
大変助かりました！辞書の紹介もありがとうございます。今後検討してみます。
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4 +4three-way deadlock
summereye
4braid
Tony Gonzalez


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
braid


Explanation:
The term isn't really braid, it's さんすくみ, but I think that "braid" might be a good translation (but be sure that it works with the context).

さんすくみ refers to some combination of three things, like "rock-scissors-papers", where A beats B, B beats C, and C beats A.

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Note added at 14 mins (2008-05-21 03:49:29 GMT)
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On second thought, you may want to do a little rewording of the sentence and end up with something like "these three problems form a rock-scissors-paper relationship...", or something like that. =)


    Reference: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E3%81%99%E3%81%8F%E3%...
Tony Gonzalez
Local time: 18:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Will Matter: If it was a "braid" it would, quite literally, be a "three way dreadlock" and that's a different critter altogether. ;0) Nice try, though.
21 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
three-way deadlock


Explanation:
三省堂 大辞林に下記の説明があります。
［1］ 蛙(かえる)は蛇を、蛇はナメクジを、ナメクジは蛙を、それぞれ恐れてすくむこと。

［2］ 三者が互いに牽制(けんせい)しあって、だれも動き出せないこと。

・ ―の状態





    Reference: http://nihongo.j-talk.com/parser/search/kanjisearch.php?pick...
summereye
Local time: 18:12
Native speaker of: Japanese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
大変助かりました！辞書の紹介もありがとうございます。今後検討してみます。

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Manish Vadehra: I agree with Summereye San. It is a situation in which no one among the 3 parties can move.
59 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  Nobuo Kameyama: 電子版ですが、私も『大辞林』を持っています。『大辞林』は良い辞書で、毎回重宝しています。それにしても、「蛇はナメクジを恐れてすくむ」とは知りませんでした。
6 hrs
  -> どんなものにも怖いものがあるんですね。うちのはナメクジにすくみます。それにすくむのが...
agree  Aogara
6 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Will Matter
21 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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