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持もち切きり

もちきり mochikiri Play N1 Noun

Meanings and examples

ある話題が人々の間で盛んに話されること。 hot topic; talk of the town

Example 1

社内はそのニュースのことで持ちきりだった。

They talked about nothing but the news in the company.

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Example 2

彼女が来月フランスへ行くと言ううわさでもちきりだ。

There is much talk that she is going to France next month.

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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

持

N4

hold; have

On reading
ジ
Kun reading
も.つ、-も.ち、も.てる
Radical
手
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一切

N1

いっさい

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

Illustration of 仕切る

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

出切る

N1

できる

to be out of; to have no more at hand

Illustration of 切ない

切ない

N1

せつない

painful; trying; oppressive; suffocating

Illustration of 切り

切り

N1

きり

limits; end; bounds; period; place to leave off; closing sentence; all there is; only; since