刻み
Meanings
2
rapping; beating (a percussion instrument)
Used for striking a percussion instrument, especially in traditional Japanese music contexts such as 刻みを入れる.
Strike the drum with a rhythmic beat.
3
shredded tobacco
abbreviation
Abbreviation of 刻みタバコ. Refers to finely cut tobacco for pipes or hand-rolling.
See also: 刻みタバコ
In the old days, people smoked shredded tobacco with a kiseru pipe.
4
Suffix-like use indicating a regular interval or step, often in set phrases such as 刻みで or 刻みに.
Trains depart at 5-minute intervals.
Mark at 1-centimeter intervals.
Usage patterns
- 〈数〉刻みでin increments/steps of ~
This test is administered in ten-minute intervals.
- 〈物〉に刻みを入れるto make a notch or cut in something
I made a notch in the wooden board.
- 〈物〉で刻みを打つto beat out a rhythm on an instrument
He beats out a rhythm on the drum.
- 刻みを吸うto smoke shredded tobacco
My grandfather has smoked shredded tobacco since long ago.