読み切り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
読	切
よ Grade: 2	き Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
讀み切り (kyūjitai) 読切り 読切

Etymology

Nominalization of the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 読(よ)み切(き)る (yomikiru, “to read completely”).

The manga sense arose from the way that yomikiri comics are standalone story lines that can be read completely in just one volume.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よみきり [yòmíkírí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞mʲikʲiɾʲi]

Noun

読(よ)み切(き)り • (yomikiri) 

1. finishing reading, reading through
2. (manga) a one-shot, a non-serialised story that is wholly contained in one volume (novel or comic book published as a single, standalone issue)

   Antonym: 続き物 (tsuzukimono)