Illustration: Beside a small fishing boat in a sheltered Japanese harbour, a fisher finishes cutting the short cord that connects a damaged float to a net. One hand holds the freed float clear of the mesh; the other holds scissors beside the two unmistakably severed cord ends.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

切きり離はなす

kirihanasu

to separate, to detach

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは木きから枝えだを切きり離はなした。

    He cut off a branch from the tree.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 言葉ことばと文化ぶんかを切きり離はなすことはできないんだよ。

    You can’t separate language from culture.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. これはその問題もんだいとは切きり離はなして議論ぎろんすべきである。

    This question must be discussed separately from that one.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 切離

  • 切cutOnセツ・サイKunきる・きり・きれる
  • 離detach; separationOnリKunはなれる・はなす

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