切り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
き(り)
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Nominal form of 切る (kiru, cut)

Noun

() (kiri) 

  1. limits, bounds, end

Derived terms

Suffix

() (-kiri) 

  1. cutter

Derived terms

  • (いし)() (ishikiri): stone-cutting, quarrying
  • (かん)() (kankiri): can opener
  • (みず)() (mizukiri): drainer, strainer, colander
  • (つめ)() (tsumekiri), (つめ)(きり) (tsumekiri): nail clippers
  • 菜切(なき)(ぼう)(ちょう) (nakiri bōchō): Japanese knife used for cutting vegetables
  • 肉切(にくき)(ぼう)(ちょう) (nikukiri bōchō): carving or butcher's knife
  • 螺子切(ねじき) (nejikiri): screw cutter, thread cutting
  • ガラス() (garasukiri): glass cutter

Suffix

() (-giri) 

  1. way of cutting

Derived terms

  • (あつ)() (atsugiri): thick slice
  • (うす)() (usugiri): thin slice, slicing thin
  • (かく)() (kakugiri): cut into cubes
  • (こま)() (komagiri): something chopped or sliced finely
  • (ざん)() (zangiri): cutting short
  • (つつ)() (tsutsugiri): round slices
  • (どう)() (dōgiri): cutting horizontally into the torso
  • 輪切(わぎ) (wagiri); round slices
  • ざく() (zakugiri): cutting into chunks
  • ()() (sogigiri): cutting a thin object at a 45 degree angle
  • 袈裟切(けさぎ) (kesagiri): slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder
  • みじん(), ()(じん)() (mijingiri): finely chopped
  • ()() (yotsugiri): cutting into four, quarter
  • ()() (mutsugiri): cutting into six
  • ()(), 八切(やつぎり) (yatsugiri): cutting into eight

Particle

() (kiri) 

  1. just, only

Derived terms

  • これ(), ()(), (これ)() (kore kiri): last time, never again, only this
  • それ(), ()() (sore kiri): with that, on that note
  • (ひと)()(), (ひと)()(), (ひと)() (hitori kiri): all on one's own
  • (ふた)()(), (ふた)()() (futari kiri): just the two of them
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