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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

区く切ぎり

kugiri

break, stopping point

Example sentences

  1. 社会しゃかい・人生じんせいの区切くぎりとして20年ねんが適当てきとうである。

    20 years can be considered an appropriate period to mark the sections of an individual’s life or changes in society.

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

  2. 京都帝国大学創設事業きょうとていこくだいがくそうせつじぎょうに区切くぎりがついた1898年ねん、中川小十郎なかがわこじゅうろうは文部省参事官もんぶしょうさんじかんの職しょくを辞じし実業界じつぎょうかいへと転身てんしん。

    In 1898, when the work of establishing Kyoto Imperial University was settled, Kojuro NAKAGAWA resigned from his post as a counselor to the Ministry of Education and became a businessman.

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

  3. 例外れいがいはあるにせよ、源氏物語げんじものがたりの多おおくの巻まきはストーリー上じょうのそれなりの区切くぎりと見みられるところで終おわっていることが多おおい。

    Although there are some exceptions, many of the chapters of The Tale of Genji ended at the point where the story was more or less completed.

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

Kanji in 区切

  • 区ward; districtOnク・オウ・コウ
  • 切cutOnセツ・サイKunきる・きり・きれる

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