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打ち切る (うちきる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N1 Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
stop ; discontinue ; abort ; close
Used for terminating an ongoing activity, program, project, or service, often by an official decision. Implies a deliberate cutoff rather than a natural end.
番ばん 組ぐみ は 低てい 視し 聴ちょう 率りつ の ため 打う ち 切き ら れ た 。
The program was canceled due to low ratings.
Written forms 打う ち 切き る Usage 89%
Standard kanji spelling; preferred in news and formal writing.
打うち 切き る Usage 9%
Variant spelling; less common but still encountered.
うちきる Usage 2%
Similar words 中ちゅう 止し 中止 (noun/suru-verb) means to cancel or call off something already scheduled, often temporarily. 打ち切る is a stronger, more permanent termination, typically of an ongoing series or policy.
終しゅう 了りょう 終了 (noun/suru-verb) means to end or finish, often neutrally. 打ち切る implies an active decision to cut short, not a natural conclusion.
Etymology Compound of 打ち (uchi, prefix adding emphasis or abruptness) and 切る (kiru, 'to cut'). Literally 'to cut off forcefully', extended to mean terminating an activity or program.
