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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

踏ふみ切きる

fumikiru

to decide to go ahead with

Example sentences

  1. 介入かいにゅうに踏ふみ切きった

    They moved to intervene.

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  2. しかし島津氏しまづしはこれを黙殺もくさつして九州統一戦きゅうしゅうとういつせんを進すすめたため、秀吉ひでよしは九州攻きゅうしゅうぜめに踏ふみ切きった。

    However, the Shimazu clan ignored the order and continued to fight battles in order to establish its rule over Kyushu, which made Hideyoshi decide to invade Kyushu.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 秀哉ひでやには自身じしんの経験けいけんから実力第一位じつりょくだいいちいのものに本因坊ほんいんぼうの名なを継つがせたいという強つよい思おもいがあり、本因坊位ほんいんぼういの世襲制廃止せしゅうせいはいしに踏ふみ切きったものと言いわれる。

    From his own bitter experience, Shusai strongly wished to give the Honinbo Title to the strongest, so presumably, he decided to abolish Honinbo’s hereditary succession system.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 踏切

  • 踏step; trampleOnトウKunふむ・ふまえる
  • 切cutOnセツ・サイKunきる・きり・きれる

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