ちょん切ぎる

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

chop off; snip off; cut off abruptly

Casual, often used for cutting something off with a single decisive action, or abruptly ending a conversation.

• 枝えだをちょん切ぎって捨すてた。

  I snipped off the branch and threw it away.

• 話はなしの途と中ちゅうで電でん話わをちょん切ぎられた。

  I was cut off in the middle of the conversation.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

fire; sack; dismiss

Slangy, abrupt dismissal from a job.

• 遅ち刻こくばかりしてたら、会かい社しゃをちょん切ぎられた。

  I got fired from the company for being late all the time.