切り

Japanese

Kanji in this term

切

Etymology

Nominative form of 切る (kiru, “cut”)

Noun

切り (hiragana きり, romaji kiri)

1. limits, bounds, end

Derived terms

• 切りがいい, 切りが良い (kiri ga ii): good place to leave off
• 切りのいい, 切りの良い (kiri no ii): good place to leave off
• 切りがない, 切りが無い (kiri ga nai): endless, innumerable
• 切りのない, 切りの無い (kiri no nai): endless, boundless
• っ切り (kkiri): limits, end, bounds
• 丸切り (marukiri): anything but, not at all

Suffix

切り (hiragana きり, romaji -kiri)

1. cutter

Derived terms

石切り (ishikiri): stone-cutting, quarrying 缶切り (kankiri): can opener 水切り (mizukiri): drainer, strainer, colander 爪切り, 爪切 (tsumekiri): nail clippers

菜切り包丁 (nakiri-bōchō): Japanese knife used for cutting vegetables 肉切り庖丁 (nikukiri-bōchō): carving or butcher's knife 螺子切り (nejikiri): screw cutter, thread cutting ガラス切り (garasukiri): glass cutter

Suffix

切り (hiragana ぎり, romaji -giri)

1. way of cuting

Derived terms

厚切り (atsugiri): thick slice 薄切り (usugiri): thin slice, slicing thin 角切り (kakugiri): cut into cubes 細切り (komagiri): something chopped or sliced finely 散切り (zangiri): cutting short 筒切り (tsutsugiri): round slices 胴切り (dōgiri): cutting horizontally into the torso 輪切り (wagiri); round slices

ざく切り (zakugiri): cutting into chunks 削ぎ切り (sogigiri): cutting a thin object at a 45 degree angle 袈裟切り (kesagiri): slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder みじん切り, 微塵切り (mijingiri): finely chopped 四つ切り (yotsugiri): cutting into four, quarter 六つ切り (mutsugiri): cutting into six 八つ切り, 八切 (yatsugiri): cutting into eight

Particle

切り (hiragana きり, romaji kiri)

1. just, only

Derived terms

• これ切り, 此れ切り, 是切り (kore kiri): last time, never again, only this
• それ切り, 其れ切り (sore kiri): with that, on that note
• 一人切り, １人切り, 独り切り (hitori kiri): all on one's own
• 二人切り, ２人切り (futari kiri): just the two of them