Word details

持ちきり

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 持ちきり.

Dictionary

Entry

持ちきり持ち切りちきりNounFreq #27995
1

hot topic; talk of the town

Examples
社内はそのニュースのことで持ちきりだった。
They talked about nothing but the news in the company.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

hold, have

9 strokesFrequency 119JLPT N3Grade 3

On

Kun

も.つ-も.ちも.てる

Nanori

もちもつ

cut, cutoff, be sharp

4 strokesFrequency 324JLPT N3Grade 2

On

セツサイ

Kun

き.る-き.るき.り-き.り-ぎ.りき.れる-き.れるき.れ-き.れ-ぎ.れ

Nanori

きつきりぎり

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