区く切ぎり

く

ぎ

り

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

pause; break; punctuation

A pause or break in speech, writing, or a sequence; also used for punctuation marks that create such breaks.

文ぶん章しょうに区く切ぎりを入いれて読よみやすくする。
I add punctuation to the text to make it easier to read.
彼

かれ

の

話はなし

に

は

自し

然ぜん

な

区く

切ぎ

り

が

あっ

た

。

His story had natural pauses.

2

noun

break; end; stopping point; milestone

A point where something ends, stops, or is divided; often used for temporal or project milestones.

今日きょうの作さ業ぎょうはここで区く切ぎりにしよう。
Let's make this a stopping point for today's work.
プロジェクトの区く切ぎりとして、来らい月げつまでに試し作さく品ひんを完かん成せいさせる。
As a milestone for the project, we will complete the prototype by next month.

Written forms

区く切ぎりUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
くぎりUsage1%
句く切ぎりUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 区切り is preferred.
区く切ぎりUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; not a standard spelling.

Kanji

区ward, district
切cut, cutoff, be sharp
句phrase, clause, sentence

Similar words

句く読とう点てん
Refers specifically to punctuation marks (periods, commas, etc.), while 区切り is the break or pause itself, or the act of dividing.
切きれ目め
Often a physical break or gap; 区切り is more abstract and intentional, like a planned pause or milestone.

Etymology

Compound of 区 (ku, 'section, ward') and 切り (kiri, 'cut, end'), from the verb 切る (kiru, 'to cut'). Literally 'cutting into sections', it developed the sense of a deliberate break or division.