しきり
Shikiri
Other forms: 仕切
仕切り (Shikiri) is a Japanese noun meaning “partition, division, boundary, compartment”.
Meanings
- nounpartition; division; boundary; compartment
- nounsettlement of accounts
- nounpreliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark
- noundirecting; controlling; managing; taking responsibility for
Examples
弾丸は仕切り壁を貫いた。
The bullet penetrated the partition.
この馬小屋にはしきりが１２ある。
This stable contains twelve stalls.
ホールは仕切りを設ける前は千人収容できた。
The hall could seat a thousand people before it was partitioned.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).