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    3. 区切る

    区切る

    区く切ぎる​

    to divide

    N2KMT10News #45+1CoreVerb, TransitiveCore ConceptsKanji Vocab9 strokes

    句切る

    くぎる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to divide, to separate, to partition, to demarcate, to delimit, to mark off
    2.
    to punctuate, to mark off (with a comma), to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud), to space one's words

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    文ぶん章しょうを句く読とう点てんで区く切ぎる。

    Punctuate sentences with periods and commas.

    KMT8Core ConceptsEducation
    彼かれは話はなしを途と中ちゅうで区く切ぎって、別べつの話わ題だいに移うつった。

    He paused his story midway and moved on to another topic.

    KMT10Daily Life
    人じん生せいには、過か去こと未み来らいをはっきりと区く切ぎるような大おおきな転てん機きがある。

    In life, there are major turning points that clearly demarcate the past and the future.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    日に本ほん語ごの文ぶんは、英えい語ごと異ことなりスペースで単たん語ごを区く切ぎらない。

    Unlike English, Japanese sentences do not separate words with spaces.

    KMT10Core ConceptsEducation
    会かい議ぎの時じ間かんを区く切ぎって、効こう率りつ的てきに議ぎ論ろんを進すすめた。

    We divided the meeting time to proceed with the discussion efficiently.

    KMT10Work & CareerDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    区
    ward・district
    Kanji
    切
    き.る・-き.る・き.り・-き.り・-ぎ.り・き.れる…(9)
    cut・cutoff・be sharp
    Kanji
    る
    ru
    Kana
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