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仕切る
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 仕切る.
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Entry
1
Transitive verb
to partition; to divide; to mark off
Examples
庭は柵で小道と仕切られている。
The garden is railed off from the path.
2
Transitive verb
to direct; to manage; to run; to organize; to take responsibility for
Examples
部長の都合が悪くなってしまったので、飲み会の日程は仕切り直しだね。
We'll have to organize the drinking party all over again as the section chief can't make it now.
3
Transitive verb
to settle accounts
4
Intransitive verb; Sumo
to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout); to poise oneself for the initial charge
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