見切り|みきりmikiri[0]heiban (flat)
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- nounabandonment; giving up; forsaking
- nounbargain sale; selling off cheaply
- nounedge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary
- Synonym断念だんねんWrittenWritten term for abandoning a hope or plan outright; 「見切り」 is the decisive call to quit once things look hopeless.
- Synonym諦めあきらめNeutralNeutral word for resigned acceptance of reality, as in 「諦めが悪い」; 「見切り」 is the decisive act of quitting.
- Related放棄ほうきWrittenFormal, written term for giving up rights or duties, as in 「権利放棄」; 「見切り」 is quitting decisively once you see there's no hope.
- Related遺棄いきFormalFormal term, common in legal contexts, for abandoning someone or something one has a duty to look after.
- Antonym期待きたいNeutralAntonym: hoping for and looking forward to good things, versus 「見切り」's clear-eyed giving up.
- Antonym未練みれんCasualColloquial antonym: lingering attachment, being unable to let go — the opposite of 「見切り」's decisive quitting.
Use 「見切り」 for decisively quitting once you see there's no hope, or for clearance sales: 「見切りをつける」「見切り品」. 「見切り発車」 is starting before conditions are ready. For giving up rights use 「放棄」, for resigned acceptance 「諦め」; the opposites are 「未練」 and 「期待」.
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