巾を利かす (はばをきかす) — to throw one's weight around, to exercise one's authority, to make one's presence felt | Kakuso

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Meaning

to throw one's weight around to exercise one's authority and to make one's presence felt

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巾を利かす

to throw one's weight around, to exercise one's authority, to make one's presence felt

はばをきかす

巾

towel, hanging scroll, width...

おお.い, ちきり, キン

利

profit, advantage, benefit

禾

two-branch tree radical (no. 115)

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

木

き, こ-, ボク

刂

( 刀 ) knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)

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