割り込み
Meanings
cutting in line; queue jumping; interruption
General term for pushing into a queue, interrupting a conversation, or wedging oneself into a situation. Also used for sharing a theater box.
Please don't cut in line when boarding the bus.
There were so many interruptions during the meeting that we couldn't make progress.
Technical term in computing for a hardware or software interrupt.
When the CPU accepts an interrupt, it suspends the current process.
Only with reading ワリコミ
In Go, a move that wedges between two of the opponent's stones. Usually written in kana as ワリコミ.
In this position, the wedge is the vital point.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉に割り込みをするto cut in (at a place, e.g. a queue)
He cut in line at the checkout.
- 割り込みが発生するfor an interrupt to occur (computing)
An interrupt occurred while the program was running.
- 割り込みを打つto play a wedge move (Go)
I played a wedge move between the opponent's stones.
- 話に割り込みを入れるto interject into a conversation
He interjected into the conversation during the meeting.
- 割り込みをかけるto trigger/send an interrupt (computing)
We sent an interrupt to the CPU to halt the process.