Used for being exempt from a regulation, tax, or obligation, often because of small scale or minor status. Common in legal or administrative contexts.
Small-scale businesses are subject to exemption from this regulation.
cut-off cuffs; cropped hem
Refers to trousers or other garments with the bottom part cut off, often for fashion or practical reasons.
He is wearing jeans with cut-off cuffs.
Standard kanji spelling.
Irregular okurigana usage; less common but still encountered.
Compound of 裾 (すそ, 'hem, cuff') and 切り (きり, 'cutting'). The exemption sense likely derives from the idea of 'cutting off' small-scale entities from the scope of a regulation.