切り上げ|きりあげkiriage[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounend; conclusion
  2. nounrounding up
  3. nounrevaluation
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym完了かんりょうNeutralMeans everything is fully done, as in 「作業完了」 or 「準備完了」; stresses complete finish, while 「切り上げ」 is stopping midway at a suitable point.
  • Related終結しゅうけつWrittenFormal, written word for the end of events or disputes, as in 「戦争の終結」; solemn in tone, unrelated to rounding up and lacking the sense of stopping at a good moment.
  • Related終了しゅうりょうNeutralGeneral word for ending or finishing, as in 「試合終了」 or 「作業終了」; very widely used, but has no sense of ending early at a good point or of rounding up.
  • Related完了かんりょうNeutralMeans everything is fully done, as in 「作業完了」 or 「準備完了」; stresses complete finish, while 「切り上げ」 is stopping midway at a suitable point.
  • Related完結かんけつNeutralFor a story, series, or undertaking ending completely from start to finish, as in 「物語が完結する」; stresses a full beginning-to-end arc.
  • Related締め切りしめきりNeutralA deadline or cut-off time, as in 「原稿の締め切り」; centers on the time limit, not on actively wrapping something up.
  • RelatedおしまいCasualColloquial for being finished or over, and for being done for; carries a wrap-up feel but is never used for rounding up numbers.
  • Related終わりおわりNeutralThe most all-purpose word for an end or ending point; lacks the nuance of cutting things short at a convenient moment.
  • RelatedむすびNeutralThe closing part of a text or speech, also connection or tying a knot; focuses on the final section rather than the act of ending.
  • Related終幕しゅうまくNeutralThe final act of a play, by extension the close of an affair; carries a theatrical flavor.
  • Related仕舞いしまいNeutralMeans an end or closing, and also a Noh dance in plain clothes; in speech mostly as 「店じまい」, never used for rounding up numbers.
  • Related終止しゅうしNeutralTermination or cessation, as in 「終止符」; stresses coming to a stop, without the nuance of ending at a well-chosen moment.
  • Related締めくくりしめくくりNeutralWrapping up with a summary or finishing touch, as in 「一年の締めくくり」; stresses bringing a stretch of events to a close.
  • Related終決しゅうけつWrittenWritten-style word for settling something and reaching a conclusion; rare — 「終結」 is the usual choice.
  • Antonym切り下げきりさげNeutralAntonym for the currency sense: devaluation or price cuts, the opposite of 「切り上げ」 as revaluation.
  • Antonym切り捨てきりすてNeutralAntonym for the math sense: rounding down or truncating, opposite of 「切り上げ」; also means cutting someone down or abandoning them.

Use 「切り上げ」 for rounding numbers up, revaluing a currency, or ending at a suitable point, as in 「円の切り上げ」 and 「小数点以下切り上げ」. For ordinary endings, 「終了」 and 「終わり」 are the general choices; the antonyms are 「切り下げ」 (devaluation) and 「切り捨て」 (rounding down).

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Japanese definitions
  1. 概数がいすうの表あらわし方かたの一ひとつ。主おもに十進法じっしんほうにおいて、求もとめようとする位くらいより下したの位くらいに端数はすうがある場合ばあい、その端数はすうの代かわりとして、求もとめようとする位くらいの数値すうちに1を加くわえること。
  2. 適当てきとうな切れ目きれめで終おわりにすること。
  3. 通貨つうかの交換こうかんレートを変動へんどうさせることにより、ある通貨つうかの価値かちを高たかめること。
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