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) 

1. 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) 

1. 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) 

1. 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) 

1. 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