きり
Meanings
Particle
1. のみ。だけ。
Pitch accent
Top 1200
Used in vocabulary (231 in total)
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
① 諦め。② 決心。
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
all on one's own
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
all on one's own
hot topic; talk of the town
with that; on that note; altogether; ending at that point; cut off there
① 床に就いたまま起きられないでいること。
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
hot topic; talk of the town
just the two of them
all on one's own
just the two of them
all on one's own
pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise
good (place to leave off); convenient
good (place to leave off); convenient
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
just the two of them
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
① スズメ目スズメ亜目ヨシキリ科ヨシキリ属に属する鳥の総称。別名、行々子、よしわらすずめ。② 1.の内、おおよしきりの別称。
mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
① 切って裂く。切ってばらばらにする。② 切り開いたかのように鋭く動く。
① 中を開く。② 開墾して道路や畑などにする。③ 囲みを破り、進路を作る。④ 困難を乗り越えて進路を開く。
leaving everything up to someone else
endless; boundless
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
to overcut
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
good (place to leave off); convenient
you only live once; you only have one life
① 諦め。② 決心。
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
great enthusiasm; high excitement
to manage; to control; to cut carelessly (of a cook, surgeon, etc.); to slash about; (arch.) to cut around
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
cutout; cutout picture; papercut art
quarrying (stone); quarryman; stonecutting; stonemasonry; stonecutter
good (place to leave off); convenient
① 切ってできた跡。② 物事の区切り。
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
① 床に就いたまま起きられないでいること。
straining; draining; drainer; strainer; cutwater (on ship); forefoot
cut; notch; raid; attack
① 一語一句に区切りをつけてはっきりさせて言う言葉つき。② 改まった堅苦しい口調。
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
separation; divorce; severing of connections
① コウチュウ目カミキリムシ科の昆虫の総称。
to cut at; to slash at
good (place to leave off); convenient
hand drilling (to start a fire); hand drill; rubbing sticks to make a fire
formulaic; stereotyped; hackneyed
to cut into; to raid
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
paper silhouette cutout; paper knife
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
great enthusiasm; high excitement
leaving everything up to someone else
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
levelling a powder or liquid (when measuring)
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
to cross swords with
to cut down; to prune; to reduce; to round down (e.g. fraction)
premiere; first showing; release (film)
① 他の事をせず一つの事に従事すること。
nakiri knife; vegetable knife; cutting vegetables
to cut off
boiling sake or mirin (to reduce the alcohol content); boiled-down sake; boiled-down mirin
① トランプで他の札を全部負かす力があると決められた札。② とっておきの有力な手段。
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
to fight with swords; to cross swords
face (of a wall of coal or ore, etc.); working face (of a mine)
finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment
to cut down; to prune; to reduce; to round down (e.g. fraction)
to attack and scatter; to argue vehemently
to cut down all; to slash promiscuously
to cut through (with a road, tunnel, or canal)
freshly cut; freshly tailored; tree cut to specified length, especially for corners of a kemari court
boiling sake or mirin (to reduce the alcohol content); boiled-down sake; boiled-down mirin
to (cut a) notch (in)
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
cut; gash; incision
① 物を切った断面。② 切り傷の口。③ 袋などで、そこから切り始めるように指示した目印。④ 物事を分析する際の観点・方法。
① 最初にすえる灸② 物事の一番初め。
stump; stubble
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
① 魚の身を、一人前の大きさに切ったもの。
clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)
① 概数の表し方の一つ。主に十進法において、求めようとする位より下の位に端数がある場合、その端数の代わりとして、求めようとする位の数値に1を加えること。② 適当な切れ目で終わりにすること。③ 通貨の交換レートを変動させることにより、ある通貨の価値を高めること。
decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation
abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary
clear solution; clean decision
① 爪の先端の白色部分を切除して短くすること。爪を切ること。② 爪を切るための道具。
straining; draining; drainer; strainer; cutwater (on ship); forefoot
pointed knife; logging; cutting; (beef) scraps; starting to speak; extraction (of a portion of a media file)
selling by the piece
facet; facetted object
road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain; cutting
road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain; cutting
to cut to pieces
patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste
to slash downward; to cut down
evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
① きりとること。② コンピュータ上のデータを、別の場所へ変更を加えずに移動させること。カット。
① きりとること。② コンピュータ上のデータを、別の場所へ変更を加えずに移動させること。カット。
① 缶詰の蓋を切って開けるための道具。
Japanese children's game; preliminary test to eliminate weak contenders
hewn stone; quarried stone; ashlar; flagstone
pruning
great enthusiasm; high excitement
soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)
cutting roots; extermination; rooting out
to cut (into two or more pieces)
devaluation (e.g. of currency); markdown; write-down; undercutting
hole cut in a wall, panelling, etc. to let light in
cut paper; paper cut in half; paper scrap; the art of cutting paper (in contrast to origami)
straw cutter; short mane; pressing and cutting
carving knife; butcher's knife; cleaver; meat chopper
to correct cutting; to reshuffle (playing cards)
to cut; to slash; to slay all
to cleave; to saw through; to hack apart
buying up; buying all of something; purchase on a no-returns basis; flat fee; lump-sum payment
downsizing by laying off part-time and temp. workers
retrenchment; curtailment
good turning point number (10000, 12345 etc., often referring to web site visit counts)
to cut loose; to let loose; to cut off; to separate in thought; to consider as independent
osteotomy; finely cutting a fish to cut up its small bones
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
to miss in attempting to kill
kudzu starch noodles
you only live once; you only have one life
metallic foil cut into strips or other shapes to form decorative motifs; cutting a thin sheet of metal into shapes and affixing it with lacquer forming natural features (e.g. clouds)
scraps; chips
throwaway; disposable; single-use
start broaching (a subject); opening remark; event at the start of the tenth month of the lunar calendar; opening a sealed jar or container
oil deflector; shallow tray with rack for draining food after deep frying
cutter; certificate
to prune back (plant, shrub, etc.)
glass cutter
oil deflector; shallow tray with rack for draining food after deep frying
ticket punch; ticket puncher
clearing (land); excavating
hillside farm; fallow ground
last time (as of now); never again; only this
driving opponent out of the ring while gripping his belt
driving opponent out of the ring while gripping his belt
to cut off and separate
to cut to pieces; to torment
leafcutter ant
clearance (e.g. clearance sale); selling off; selling (accepting only a single payment); bond transaction not subject to repurchase
pause; period; step; once; some years ago
to cut open (a tied bundle); to release (prisoners)
to cut and prepare (stones)
to cut and insert
paper cutouts
leftover pieces (when slicing meat, fish, cake, etc.); shaved meat; end pieces; clipping
coal face; working face
to piece together; to mortise; to miter; to dovetail
to cut up
boundlessness; endlessness; infinity; incessantness; continuousness
only cut (otherwise left as-is, e.g. hair)
type of ribbon fastening used on wedding gifts, get-well gifts, etc.
to open up waste land for cultivation
cutting and patching; splicing; grafting
cuttings; lop; spray; set; slip
to cut off; to cut out
scraps; cut end; cut-off piece
to trim (hedges)
brokerage; exchange commission
way of cutting; how to cut or slice
chips or shavings left after cutting wood or metal with a saw, etc.
type of ribbon fastening used on wedding gifts, get-well gifts, etc.
binkiri; Edo-period hairstyle with a lock of hair running down from the temples and hanging over the ears
scraps; cut end; cut-off piece
to cut and enlarge
last piece in a kabuki programme
to destroy; to kill off (trees)
to cut down an enemy
short split entrance curtain
① 両端の尖った釘。
paper and sacred sakaki branches cut and mixed with rice to scatter before the gods
screw cutter; thread cutting
single helping (e.g. of rice)
contract month; delivery month (of a futures contract)
gestalt method; a priori method
cutting back; pruning
Deer-Antler-Cutting Ceremony (held in Nara between late October and early November)
binkiri; Edo-period hairstyle with a lock of hair running down from the temples and hanging over the ears
not to write to or visit someone; (lit.) road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again)
entrance curtain (noh)
off timer (i.e. to automatically turn an electrical device off at a certain time)
fruit harvested before it's ripened
last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th)
Rhynchosia volubilis (species of snoutbean)
① 建築物の敷地として利用したり、道路・軌道・水路を通したりするために、土地の表面を削り取ること。
① 建築物の敷地として利用したり、道路・軌道・水路を通したりするために、土地の表面を削り取ること。
harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; (lit.) a round egg can be cut into a square
① 他の事をせず一つの事に従事すること。
thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods)
man-made water channel (e.g. round a castle); artificial trench; moat
Examples (14 in total)
Hey, you only live once.
The island was enveloped in a thick fog.
I'd like to talk to Tom alone.