打ち切り・打切り|うちきりuchikiri[0]heiban (flat)

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Which spelling to use
打ち切り打ち切り is the more common written form of this word and is the preferred choice for learners when writing it.
打切り打切り is a less common kanji-and-kana variant of 打ち切り. Learners should generally use 打ち切り instead.
Definitions
  1. nounend; close; finish; truncation; discontinuance; closure; cancellation; breaking off; aborting
    8時じも過すぎたのでその日ひは打ち切うちきりにした。↗
    As it was past 8 p.m. we called it a day.
  2. nounend of play (in go)
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym中止ちゅうしWrittenWritten. Cancelling or suspending an event, as in 「雨天中止」. 「打ち切り」 implies deliberately cutting something off partway, like axing a show.
  • Synonym打ち切るうちきるNeutralThe verb form: to stop or cut something off partway, as in 「交渉を打ち切る」. 「打ち切り」 is its noun.
  • Synonym止めるとめるNeutralA verb read 「とどめる」: to keep something in mind, limit it to a scope, or note it down, as in 「記憶に留める」「最小限に留める」. 「打ち切り」 is cutting off midway.
  • Synonym停止ていしWrittenWritten. Stopping or suspending something, as in 「営業停止」. 「打ち切り」 stresses cutting off partway through.
  • Related中断ちゅうだんWrittenWritten. An interruption partway through that may resume, as in 「試合中断」. 「打ち切り」 means a definitive end.
  • Related中絶ちゅうぜつWrittenWritten. A break partway through, or an induced abortion. 「打ち切り」 focuses on cutting off or stopping.
  • Related取りやめるとりやめるNeutralA verb for cancelling a planned event. 「打ち切り」 is about cutting off something already in progress.
  • Antonym継続けいぞくWrittenWritten. Continuation — keeping something going. It is the direct opposite of 「打ち切り」, which cuts things off.

Use 「打ち切り」 for cutting off and ending something in progress midway, as in 「連載打ち切り」「捜査打ち切り」. For cancelling an event pick 「中止」, for a temporary interruption 「中断」, for stopping 「停止」; 「継続」 is the opposite.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 今いまやっていることを打ち切うちきること。中止ちゅうし。
  2. 終おわり。最後さいご。
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