切きれ目め

noun

gap; break; rift

A physical break or opening in something continuous, such as a crack in a rock or a gap in a line.

• 雲くもの切きれ目めから青あお空ぞらが見みえた。

  I could see blue sky through a break in the clouds.

• 岩いわの切きれ目めに小ちいさな花はなが咲さいていた。

  A small flower was blooming in a crack in the rock.

noun

pause; interval; interruption

A break in time or continuity, such as a pause in conversation or a gap in a schedule.

• 話はなしの切きれ目めに、彼かれは立たち上あがった。

  He stood up at a pause in the conversation.

• 仕し事ごとの切きれ目めにコーヒーを飲のむ。

  I drink coffee during a break in work.

noun

cut; incision; notch; score

A deliberate cut or notch made in a material, such as a slit in fabric or a score line for folding.

• 紙かみに切きれ目めを入いれてから折おるときれいに仕し上あがる。

  If you make a cut in the paper before folding, it will come out neatly.

• 布ぬのの切きれ目めから糸いとがほつれてきた。

  Threads started to fray from the cut in the cloth.

noun

end; breaking point

The point where something ends or runs out, often used in set phrases like 切れ目がない (endless) or 金の切れ目が縁の切れ目 (when the money runs out, the relationship ends).

• 彼かれの話はなしには切きれ目めがない。

  His stories are endless.

• 金かねの切きれ目めが縁えんの切きれ目めというが、本ほん当とうだろうか。

  They say that when the money runs out, the relationship ends, but I wonder if that's true.