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N2 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
区切るto demarcate, to delimit, to divide (an area), to mark off, to cut off, to punctuate, to put an end to (e.g. a sentence), to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
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Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
1.
to divide, to separate, to partition, to demarcate, to delimit, to mark off
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
2.
to punctuate, to mark off (with a comma), to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud), to space one's words
All Forms
区切る 【くぎる】、句切る 【くぎる】
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Pitch Accent
く
ぎ
る
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カーテンで部屋を二つに区切る。
I divide the room into two with a curtain.
先生:「この文を文節で区切りましょう。」
Teacher: 'Let's delimit this sentence into phrases.'
大学の一学年は前期と後期に区切られている。
A university's academic year is divided into the first and second semester.
ルール:「ロープで区切ってあるレーンを越えて泳いではならない。」
Rule: 'You must not swim across the lanes that are marked off with ropes.'
パーテーションか何かでこの広い会場を三つのブースに区切りましょう。
Let's divide this large venue into three booths with partitions or something.
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