仕切り

しきり

Also written 仕切

Meanings

1. Noun partition; division; boundary; compartment
2. settlement of accounts
3. preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark
4. directing; controlling; managing; taking responsibility for

Kanji

• 仕 do. Read as シ.
• 切 cut. Read as きり.

Example sentences

• ホールは仕切りを設ける前は千人収容できた。
  The hall could seat a thousand people before it was partitioned.

Common phrases

• 仕切りがある
• 仕切りを設ける

Words containing 仕切り

• 仕切り直す (しきりなおす) to get poised again for charging
• 間仕切り (まじきり) partition between two rooms
• 仕切り直し (しきりなおし) getting poised again for charging

And 7 more.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists