Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of くぎる – see the following entry.
区切る
[verb] to mark off, to demarcate, to delimit
[verb] 句切る: to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)​
Alternative spelling
句切る
(This term, くぎる, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as くぎる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くぎる.)