きり
Meanings
Noun
1. end; finish; stop
2. bounds; limits
3. delivery date (of a futures contract)
esp. 限り,限
4. finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville)
Counter
Suffix
5. counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat)
Particle
Usually written in kana
6. only; just
senses 6-8 are sometimes pronounced ぎり, esp. in old-fashioned speech
7. since; after
usu. in a negative sentence
8. remaining (in a particular state)
Irregular okurigana
Kanji used
limit
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
boundlessness; endlessness; infinity; incessantness; continuousness
contract month; delivery month (of a futures contract)
Examples (1 in total)
The fourth period was moved up to the third.