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爪切り (tsumekiri) Japanese meaning: nail clippers | Kotomora

爪つめ切きり

つ

め

き

り

Common word›JLPTN1›

Meanings

1

nail clippers

Refers to the tool used for trimming fingernails or toenails.

爪つめ切きりで爪つめを切きる。
I cut my nails with nail clippers.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉で爪つめを切きるto cut one's nails with (a tool)
爪つめ切きりで爪つめを切きった。
I cut my nails with nail clippers.
〈物もの〉を使つかうto use (a tool)
この爪つめ切きりは使つかいやすい。
These nail clippers are easy to use.

Kanji

爪claw, nail, talon
切cut, cutoff, be sharp

Don't confuse with

爪つめやすり
爪切り is a clipper for cutting nails, while 爪やすり is a file for shaping them, though both share the 爪 kanji and are easy to mix up.

Counted with

個こN5
counter for small objects; counter for pieces · counter for military units · individual; one person · counter for years of age difference; counter for school years

Word family

爪つめ切きりばさみ
nail scissors

Built from

爪つめ+切きる

Written forms

爪つめ切きりUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
爪つめ切きり
Abbreviated kanji form; rarely used in modern writing.

Etymology

Compound of 爪 (つめ, 'nail') and 切り (きり, 'cutting', the continuative form of 切る).