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切符切り (きっぷきり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

切きっ符ぷ切きり

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Meanings

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noun

ticket punch; ticket puncher

Refers to the handheld device used to punch holes in tickets, or the person operating it. Common in railway and event contexts.

駅えき員いんが切きっ符ぷ切きりで切きっ符ぷに穴あなをあけた。
The station attendant punched a hole in the ticket with a ticket punch.
昔むかしの改かい札さつ口ぐちには切きっ符ぷ切きりが置おいてあった。
At old ticket gates, there used to be a ticket puncher.

Kanji

切cut, cutoff, be sharp
符token, sign, mark

Similar words

改かい札さつ
改札 refers to the ticket gate or the act of checking tickets, while 切符切り specifically means the punching device or the person who punches tickets.

Etymology

Compound of 切符 (ticket) and 切り (cutting, from 切る). The exact historical derivation is straightforward; the word has been used since the era of physical ticket punching.