皮切り かわきり Meanings Noun beginning; start (usu. as ...を皮切りに) first moxa treatment Kanji 皮 skin. Read as かわ. 切 cut. Read as きり. Example sentences それを皮切りとして欧州の詩や文学を多数紹介するようになりました。With that as a start many European poems and much literature came to be introduced. Word lists Encyclopedia Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists