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切きり

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)

Alt. forms

Kanji used

cut

Pitch accent

き

り

Used in vocabulary (247 in total)

切きり裂さく

to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces

切きり替かえる

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace

切きり出だす

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)