仕切る|しきるshikiru[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. godan verb, transitive verbto partition; to divide; to mark off
   庭にわは柵さくで小道こみちと仕切しきられている。↗

   The garden is railed off from the path.
2. godan verb, transitive verbto direct; to manage; to run; to organize; to take responsibility for
   部長ぶちょうの都合つごうが悪わるくなってしまったので、飲み会のみかいの日程にっていは仕切り直しきりなおしだね。↗

   We'll have to organize the drinking party all over again as the section chief can't make it now.
3. godan verb, transitive verbto settle accounts
4. godan verb, intransitive verb, sumoto assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout); to poise oneself for the initial charge

• Synonym区切るくぎるNeutralFor dividing text into segments or punctuating it, as in 「文を区切る」; it leans toward segmentation, while 仕切る suggests partitions or taking charge.
• Synonym分かつわかつWrittenA written word for dividing or sharing, as in 「喜びを分かつ」; it carries an elegant, literary tone.
• Related分けるわけるNeutralCovers dividing and distributing; it can also mean partitioning a room, as in 「部屋を分ける」, but has none of 仕切る's sense of running or directing things.
• Related隔てるへだてるWrittenA written word for separating things, as in 「川を隔てる」; it stresses having something or a distance between the two sides.
• Antonym任せるまかせるNeutralTo leave a matter to someone else; it is the opposite of 仕切る in the sense of personally running things versus handing them over.
• Antonym譲るゆずるNeutralTo give way or hand something over to another; it stands opposite 仕切る, which is about holding control and taking the lead.

Use 「仕切る」 for partitioning a space with a divider or for taking charge of a situation, as in 「部屋を仕切る」「会を仕切る」. For breaking text into segments say 「区切る」, for keeping things apart 「隔てる」; 「任せる」, leaving things to others, is the opposite.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 区切くぎる。区画くかくする。
2. 終おわらせる。限かぎる。
3. 相撲すもうで取り組とりくみ前まえ、立合たちあいの身構みがまえをする。
4. 決算けっさんする。
5. 進行しんこうなどを掌握しょうあくし中心ちゅうしんとなって処理しょりする。とりしきる。