かわきり

Japanese

Alternative spelling
皮切り

Etymology

From 皮(かわ) (kawa) + 切(き)り (kiri, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 切(き)る (kiru).”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かわきり [kàwákírí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) かわきり​ [kàwákíríꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠kʲiɾʲi]

Noun

かわきり • (kawakiri) ^{←かはきり (kafakiri)?}

1. beginning, the start