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    3. 皮切り

    皮切り

    皮かわ切きり​

    beginning

    KMT5News #8+1NounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab11 strokes

    かわきり

    Noun

    1.
    beginning, start

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれのスピーチを皮かわ切きりに、会かい議ぎが始はじまった。

    Starting with his speech, the meeting began.

    KMT4Daily LifeCore Concepts
    このイベントを皮かわ切きりに、全ぜん国こくツアーがスタートする。

    Starting with this event, a national tour will begin.

    KMT5Music & EntertainmentTravel & Transportation
    その小ちいさな発はっ見けんを皮かわ切きりに、画かっ期き的てきな研けん究きゅうが進すすめられた。

    Starting with that small discovery, groundbreaking research was advanced.

    KMT6Science & MathCore Concepts
    彼かれの個こ展てんを皮かわ切きりに、若わか手てアーティストの作さく品ひんが注ちゅう目もくされ始はじめた。

    Starting with his solo exhibition, the works of young artists began to attract attention.

    KMT6Art & DesignMusic & Entertainment
    明めい治じ維い新しんを皮かわ切きりに、日に本ほんは近きん代だい国こっ家かへと変へん貌ぼうを遂とげた。

    Starting with the Meiji Restoration, Japan transformed into a modern nation-state.

    KMT7HistoryPolitics & Law

    Characters that make up this word

    皮
    かわ…(1)
    pelt・skin・hide・leather・skin radical (no. 107)
    Kanji
    切
    き.る・-き.る・き.り・-き.り・-ぎ.り・き.れる…(9)
    cut・cutoff・be sharp
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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