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切り きり N3

  1. end; finish; place to stop
  2. bound; end; limit
  3. delivery date (of a futures contract)
  4. end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville); finale (of a noh song)
  5. trump card
  6. king (court card; in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
  7. cut; separation of two groups
  8. counter for cuts (of fish, meat, etc.); counter for slices (esp. thick slices)
  9. just; only
  10. (ever) since; after
  11. continuously; remaining (in a particular state)

切り替え きりかえ N1

  1. conversion; exchange; replacement; switching (to); switchover

切りがない きりがない

  1. boundless; endless; innumerable
  2. endless; going on forever; never-ending

切り上げ きりあげ

  1. conclusion; end
  2. rounding up
  3. revaluation

切り下げ きりさげ

  1. devaluation (e.g. of currency); markdown; undercutting; write-down

切り口 きりくち

  1. cut end; opening; section; slit
  2. (different) perspective; new approach; point of view

切り崩す きりくずす

  1. to cut through (a mountain); to level (earth)
  2. to break (strike); to split (the opposition)

切り抜き きりぬき

  1. clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook)
  2. cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)
  3. clip (from a video); video clip

切り捨て きりすて

  1. cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; treating as sword fodder
  2. omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation

切り捨てる きりすてる

  1. to cut off and throw away
  2. to abandon; to discard; to disregard; to throw to the wolves
  3. to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to ignore; to omit; to round down
  4. to cut (someone) down; to slay
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