Refers to the act of reading something through to the end, often used in contexts like reading a book or document completely.
This novel is long, so it takes time to finish reading it.
noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
one-shot; complete story; non-serialized story
In manga, magazines, or literature, a self-contained story published in a single installment, not part of a series.
This magazine contains several one-shot manga.
His one-shot work won the newcomer award.
breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
Rare usage referring to punctuation or natural pauses when reading a sentence aloud; more commonly expressed as 句読 (くとう).
See also: 句読
In classical texts, the breaks and pauses may differ from modern usage.
Standard kanji spelling with regular okurigana.
Irregular okurigana usage; may be encountered in older or abbreviated contexts.
Variant okurigana spelling; less common but still used.
Compound of 読み (yomi, 'reading') + 切り (kiri, 'cutting off, ending'). The sense of a complete story derives from the idea of a story that is 'cut off' at its end within one issue.