切れ目

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
切	目
き Grade: 2	め Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
切目

Etymology edit

From 切れる (kireru, “to be cut, to become fissured”) +‎ 目 (me, “dividing point, border line”).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) きれめ [kìréméꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [kʲiɾe̞me̞]

Noun edit

切(き)れ目(め) • (kireme)

rift, gap, break
end, pause, interval

Derived terms edit

金(かね)の切(き)れ目(め)が縁(えん)の切(き)れ目(め) (kane no kireme ga en no kireme, “relationships formed by wealth will end when the money ends”)

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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