also: かみぎれ
noun
piece of paper; slip of paper; scrap of paper
Refers to a small, often loose or torn piece of paper. Can be used for a note, a scrap, or a strip.
机の上に紙切れが一枚落ちていた。
A piece of paper had fallen on the desk.
彼はポケットから紙切れを取り出
He took a slip of paper from his pocket and wrote a note.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling, sometimes used for readability.
Compound of 紙 (kami, 'paper') + 切れ (kire, 'piece, cut-off piece'). The alternate reading かみぎれ shows rendaku voicing.