切り

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
切
き Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
切

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 切(き)る (kiru, “to cut”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きり [kìríꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [kʲiɾʲi]

Noun

切(き)り • (kiri)

切り, 切, 限: limits, bounds, end

Derived terms

っ切(き)り (kkiri): limits, end, bounds
丸(まる)切(き)り (marukiri): anything but, not at all
切(き)りがいい, 切(き)りが良(い)い (kiri ga ii): good place to leave off
切(き)りがない, 切(き)りが無(な)い (kiri ga nai): endless, innumerable
切(き)りのいい, 切(き)りの良(い)い (kiri no ii): good place to leave off
切(き)りのない, 切(き)りの無(な)い (kiri no nai): endless, boundless

Suffix

切(き)り • (-kiri)

cutter

Derived terms

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

Particle

切(き)り • (kiri)

just, only

Derived terms

これ切(き)り, 此(こ)れ切(き)り, 是(これ)切(き)り (kore kiri): last time, never again, only this
それ切(き)り, 其(そ)れ切(き)り (sore kiri): with that, on that note
一(ひと)人(り)切(き)り, １(ひと)人(り)切(き)り, 独(ひと)り切(き)り (hitori kiri): all on one's own
二(ふた)人(り)切(き)り, ２(ふた)人(り)切(き)り (futari kiri): just the two of them

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
切
き > ぎ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
切

From 切(き)り (kiri) above. The kiri changes to giri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡʲiɾʲi]

Suffix

切(ぎ)り • (-giri)

way of cutting

Derived terms

厚(あつ)切(ぎ)り (atsugiri): thick slice
薄(うす)切(ぎ)り (usugiri): thin slice, slicing thin
角(かく)切(ぎ)り (kakugiri): cut into cubes
細(こま)切(ぎ)り (komagiri): something chopped or sliced finely
散(ざん)切(ぎ)り (zangiri): cutting short
筒(つつ)切(ぎ)り (tsutsugiri): round slices
胴(どう)切(ぎ)り (dōgiri): cutting horizontally into the torso
輪切(わぎ)り (wagiri); round slices
ざく切(ぎ)り (zakugiri): cutting into chunks
削(そ)ぎ切(ぎ)り (sogigiri): cutting a thin object at a 45 degree angle
袈裟切(けさぎ)り (kesagiri): slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder
みじん切(ぎ)り, 微(み)塵(じん)切(ぎ)り (mijingiri): finely chopped
四(よ)つ切(ぎ)り (yotsugiri): cutting into four, quarter
六(む)つ切(ぎ)り (mutsugiri): cutting into six
八(や)つ切(ぎ)り, 八切(やつぎり) (yatsugiri): cutting into eight