仕切る

しきる

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to partition; to divide; to mark off
2. to direct; to manage; to run; to organize; to take responsibility for
3. to settle accounts
4. Godan verb, Intransitive to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout); to poise oneself for the initial charge

Kanji

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

Example sentences

• トムって、仕切りたがり屋だよね？
  Tom is a control freak, isn't he?
• トムが仕切りたがり屋だってことは知ってるわ。
  I know that Tom is a control freak.
• トムが仕切りたがり屋なのは百も承知よ。
  I'm well aware that Tom is a control freak.

Common phrases

• 部屋を仕切る
• 現場を仕切る
• 空間を仕切る

Words containing 仕切る

• 取り仕切る (とりしきる) to manage (all by oneself)
• 仕切り直す (しきりなおす) to get poised again for charging
• 仕切り直し (しきりなおし) getting poised again for charging

And 7 more.

Word lists

• JLPT N1

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