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区切くぎり

くぎり kugiri Play N1 Noun

物事の続きや文章などを分ける境目。また、ひとまとまりが終わるところ。 an end; a stop; punctuation

Example 1

この文章は区切りが分かりにくい。

The divisions in this passage are hard to make out.

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Example 2

長い話し合いに区切りをつけ、今日は解散した。

We brought the lengthy discussion to a close and called it a day.

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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

区

N2

ward; district

On reading
ク、オウ、コウ
Kun reading
Radical
匸
Illustration of 区切る
N2

くぎる

to punctuate; to cut off; to mark off; to stop; to put an end to

Illustration of 一切
N1

いっさい

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

Illustration of 仕切る
N1

しきる

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

Illustration of 出切る
N1

できる

to be out of; to have no more at hand

Illustration of 切ない
N1

せつない

painful; trying; oppressive; suffocating