キリ

Meanings

1. Noun end; bottom; worst (orig. from Portuguese "cruz") See also: ピンからキリまで. Antonym: ピン.
2. king (court card; in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)

Example sentences

• 単語は覚えなきゃだけど、青天井でキリがないよ！
  I have to memorize all these words, but there's no end to them!

Words containing キリ

• 転びキリシタン (ころびキリシタン) former Christian (forced to apostatize during the Edo period)

Word lists

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