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Reviewing the lyrics of a song I found a really confusing phrase:
"大切片手に桁1個上へ".

As far as I know, "大切片手" is refering to one/a presious hand. Most likely the
one the author is in love with, but, the following line "に桁1個上へ" (a digit up?)
makes me doubt about what he is really trying to say.

Here's part of the lyrics for some context:

```

    だが出来ないならば、忘れ歩みたいネ。
    大切片手に桁1個上へと
    そこには君がいてこう言う
    「改めまして今年もよろしく。」
    
```
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2023-03-06T16:25:33.637
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usage expressions song-lyrics
Correct interpretation of "桁1個上へ" in following context
桁【けた】 refers to the number of digits in a number. For example, 41200 is 5桁. So
桁1個上 technically refers to "an order of magnitude higher", but I think it's a
creative way of "one stage higher" or something here.

大切片手に is 大切 **を** 片手に, so its literal meaning is not "one precious hand" but
"with preciousness in (my) hand" (See: [Meaning and transitivity of
ゴミ袋を手に立ち上がる](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/20854/5010)). Perhaps it
means 何かを大切にしながら.
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