仕切り・仕切|しきりshikiri[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounpartition; division; boundary; compartment
   ホールは仕切しきりを設もうける前まえは千せん人にん収容しゅうようできた。↗

   The hall could seat a thousand people before it was partitioned.
2. nounsettlement of accounts
3. noun, sumopreliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark
4. noundirecting; controlling; managing; taking responsibility for

• Synonym間仕切りまじきりNeutralSpecifically a partition or dividing wall between rooms; 「仕切り」 is broader, also covering the sumo pre-match ritual and settling of accounts.
• SynonymパーティションNeutralA loanword for office partitions and also disk partitions; leans toward office and computer contexts.
• Related隔てへだてNeutralRefers to a barrier or distinction, often a metaphorical psychological one, as in 「分け隔てなく」.

「仕切り」 is the general word for a divider, and also the sumo pre-match ritual and settling of accounts. Use 「間仕切り」 for room dividers, 「パーティション」 for office partitions or disk partitions, and 「隔て」 for psychological barriers.

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1. しきること。また、仕切しきるもの。
2. 決着けっちゃくさせること。
3. 決算けっさんすること。
4. 相撲すもうで立合たちあいの身構みがまえをすること。