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切きれ目め

きれめ kireme Play N1 Noun

Meanings and examples

物事が途切れるところや、終わる時点。 break; pause; gap; end; rift; interruption; cut; section; notch; incision; end (of a task)

Example 1

金かねの切きれ目めが縁えんの切きれ目め。

The end of money is the end of love.

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Example 2

話の切れ目に、次の話題へ移った。

At a break in the conversation, we moved on to the next topic.

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Kanji breakdown

切

N4

cut; cutoff; be sharp

On reading
セツ、サイ
Kun reading
き.る、-き.る、き.り、-き.り、-ぎ.り、き.れる、-き.れる、き.れ、-き.れ、-ぎ.れ
Radical
刀

目

N4

eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor

On reading
モク、ボク
Kun reading
め、-め、ま-
Radical
目
Illustration of 一切

一切

N1

いっさい

all; everything; without exception; the whole; entirely; absolutely

Illustration of 一目

一目

N1

いちもく

a glance; a look; a glimpse

Illustration of 丁目

丁目

N1

ちょうめ

district of a town; city block (of irregular size)

Illustration of 人目

人目

N1

ひとめ

glimpse; public gaze

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仕切る

N1

しきる

to partition; to divide; to mark off; to settle accounts; to toe the mark