くぎる – Vocabulary details

くぎる

Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)

1. to divide; to separate; to partition; to demarcate; to delimit; to mark off

区く切ぎった部へ屋やは何なにに使つかうの？What will you use the partitioned room for?

2. to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud); to space one's words

一ひと言ことずつ区く切ぎるように、彼かの女じょはゆっくり言いった。She spoke slowly, as if separating each word.

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くぎった部へ屋やは何なにに使つかうの？

What will you use the partitioned room for?

グラウンドは白はく線せんで３みっつにくぎられている。

The playground is divided into three areas by white lines.

彼かれは一いち度ど言こと葉ばをくぎって周しゅう囲いを見み回まわす。

He pauses once in his speech and looks around.

ジェニーは一ひと言ことずつ言こと葉ばをくぎりながらはっきり言いった。

Jenny spoke clearly, pausing between each word.

一ひと言ことずつくぎるように、彼かの女じょはゆっくり言いった。

She spoke slowly, as if separating each word.

塀へいでくぎられてはいるが、裏うら口ぐちを通とおれば簡かん単たんに行いき来きできる。

Although it is separated by a wall, one can easily go back and forth by passing through the back entrance.

過か去こを捨すてるつもりはないけれど、ここでくぎって進すすむ。

I don't intend to discard the past, but I will draw a line here and move forward.

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