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思い切り (おもいきり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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今日きょう
は
思おも
い
切き
り
遊あそ
ん
だ
。
I played to my heart's content today.
Usage patterns 思おも い 切き り 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something to the fullest, with all one's might
The children played to their heart's content in the park.
思おも い 切き りがいい to be decisive; quick to make up one's mind
He has a decisive personality and makes choices without hesitation.
思おも い 切き りがつく to make up one's mind; to come to terms with something
I couldn't quite make up my mind, so I kept putting off my answer.
Related words· 7 思い切り and 存分に both mean 'to one's fullest', but 思い切り often carries a sense of bold, unrestrained force while 存分に is more neutral about simply doing enough.
決断 is the formal noun for 'making a decision', while 思い切り (as a noun) emphasizes the inner resolve or boldness behind that decision.
力一杯 specifically means 'with all one's physical strength', while 思い切り can describe emotional or physical intensity alike.
決意 focuses on firm personal determination, while 思い切り (noun use) can also imply resignation or letting go along with resolve.
Show 3 more 思い切り also means doing something to one's heart's content, but it's more casual and often describes a single forceful physical action, while 存分 suits sustained or thorough enjoyment.
思い切り means doing something with full force or without holding back, close to the 'to one's heart's content' sense of 腹一杯 but without any connotation of eating or physical fullness.
思い切り and 思いっきり mean the same thing, but 思い切り (without the small っ) feels slightly more standard in formal writing.
Written forms 思おも い 切き り Usage 68%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
思おも いきり Usage 32%
Alternate kanji spelling; less common but still encountered.
Etymology From 思い (thought, feeling) + 切り (cutting, limit). The adverbial sense developed from the idea of cutting off hesitation, i.e., doing something decisively or without restraint.
