刻み|きざみkizami[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounmincing; cutting; chopping; notch; nick
  2. nounrapping (a percussion instrument); beating
  3. nounshredded tobacco
  4. suffixinterval
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym切り込みきりこみNeutralMeans a cut, but also a raid or charge into enemy lines, as in 「敵陣に切り込み」; broader in use than 「刻み」.
  • Related切れ込みきれこみNeutralRefers to a cut or slit, especially one made in clothing or paper; 「刻み」 centers on notches and also works as a suffix for units of amount.
  • Related刻み目きざみめNeutralCovers notches and ruler graduations, stressing the mark cut into the surface itself.
  • AntonymまるごとNeutralMeans whole or in one piece, the opposite of chopped-up 「刻み」, as in 「丸ごと食べる」.

Use 「刻み」 as a suffix for increments or intervals, as in 「十分刻み」「秒刻み」, and for chopped food like 「刻みネギ」; it also means a notch. For a cut or slit use 「切れ込み」, for ruler marks 「刻み目」; the opposite is 「丸ごと」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 刻きざむこと。
  2. 刻きざんだ跡あと。
  3. 拍子ひょうし木き・打楽器だがっきなどを短みじかい間隔かんかくで連続れんぞくして打うつこと。
  4. 刻みタバコきざみたばこ。
  5. 量りょう・時間じかん・長ながさ等とうを表あらわす数詞すうしにつき、その間隔かんかくごとに区切くぎる意いを表あらわす。
  6. 「きざむ」の連用形れんようけい。
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