棚上げ

たなあげ

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Transitive shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; putting aside; putting on hold
2. keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)

Kanji

• 棚 shelf. Read as たな.
• 上 up. Read as あげる.

Example sentences

• その問題は当分棚上げだ。
  That problem has been shelved for the time being.
• これらの計画は棚上げにするつもりだ。
  We'll put these plans on ice.
• これらの計画は無期限に棚上げされています。
  These plans have been put on indefinite hold.
• 首相は議員の処分を棚上げにしました。
  The Prime Minister postponed the legislator's punishment.

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