仕し切きり

noun

partition; divider; compartment

Physical or spatial division: a screen, wall, or section that separates areas. Also used for compartments in containers.

• 部屋へやの真まん中なかに仕し切きりを置おいて、二ふたつの空くう間かんに分わけた。

  We put a partition in the middle of the room and divided it into two spaces.

• このバッグは仕し切きりが多おおくて整せい理りしやすい。

  This bag has many compartments, making it easy to organize.

noun

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.

• 月げつ末まつに経けい理り部ぶで仕し切きりを行おこなう。

  The accounting department settles the accounts at the end of the month.

noun

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.

• 両りょう力りき士しは仕し切きりを繰くり返かえし、観かん客きゃくの期き待たいが高たかまった。

  The two wrestlers repeated the toeing-the-mark ritual, heightening the crowd's anticipation.

noun

directing; managing; taking charge

Abstract use: taking responsibility for running an event, project, or situation; acting as the organizer or coordinator. Often used in 仕切りをする or 仕切り役.

• 彼かれがパーティーの仕し切きりをしてくれたので、とてもスムーズに進すすんだ。

  He took charge of the party, so everything went very smoothly.

• プロジェクトの仕し切きりは彼かの女じょに任まかせよう。

  Let's leave the management of the project to her.