partition; divider; compartment
Physical or spatial division: a screen, wall, or section that separates areas. Also used for compartments in containers.
We put a partition in the middle of the room and divided it into two spaces.
This bag has many compartments, making it easy to organize.
settlement of accounts; closing the books
Business/financial term: finalizing accounts, balancing the books, or settling a bill. Often used in phrases like 仕切りをする or 仕切り書.
The accounting department settles the accounts at the end of the month.
preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark
Sumo term: the ritual where wrestlers face off, crouch, and stare each other down before the initial charge. Not used outside sumo.
The two wrestlers repeated the toeing-the-mark ritual, heightening the crowd's anticipation.
We put a partition in the room to divide it into two.
We settle accounts with our business partners at the end of the month.
The wrestlers took their positions for the pre-bout ritual.
Even though he's new, he was put in charge of directing the event.
決算 specifically means closing the books at the end of a fiscal period, while 仕切り (in this sense) more generally means settling or balancing accounts, including single transactions.
運営 refers to the ongoing operation or administration of an organization, while 仕切り (in this sense) means taking charge of directing a particular event or situation.
仕切り refers specifically to a physical partition or divider, whereas 隔て can describe both physical separation and abstract emotional distance.
敷居 (a doorway threshold) sounds similar to 仕切り but refers to a completely different physical feature, not a divider or partition.
仕切り means a partition or dividing something (like a room or business deal), while 区切り is a pause, break, or milestone in speech, writing, or a process.
仕切り (a partition, divider, or settling of accounts) is pronounced identically to しきり but is a completely different word with unrelated meaning.
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again · starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
partition; room divider; partition wall
bossy person; self-appointed manager; bossyboots
consolidated monthly invoice; itemized invoice; statement of accounts
partition board; divider plank · cargo separator board; dunnage plank
Standard spelling with full okurigana; high-frequency news word.
Irregular okurigana variant; less common but attested.
Noun form of the verb 仕切る (to partition, to manage), from 仕 (do) + 切る (cut/divide). The sumo sense derives from the idea of 'cutting off' the preliminary phase.
transactions on dealer's terms
to get poised again for charging; to toe the mark again · to start from scratch; to get a fresh start