I Love Kanji区切る (kugiru)
区切る (くぎる, kugiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to divide; to separate”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- くぎる
- Romaji
- kugiru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to divide; to separate; to partition; to demarcate; to delimit · godan verb, transitive
- to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud); to space one's words · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 区切る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 区切る | くぎる kugiru |
| Polite (~masu) | 区切ります | くぎります kugirimasu |
| Negative | 区切らない | くぎらない kugiranai |
| Polite negative | 区切りません | くぎりません kugirimasen |
| Past | 区切った | くぎった kugitta |
| Polite past | 区切りました | くぎりました kugirimashita |
| Negative past | 区切らなかった | くぎらなかった kugiranakatta |
| Te-form | 区切って | くぎって kugitte |
| Potential | 区切れる | くぎれる kugireru |
| Passive | 区切られる | くぎられる kugirareru |
| Causative | 区切らせる | くぎらせる kugiraseru |
| Volitional | 区切ろう | くぎろう kugirou |
| Imperative | 区切れ | くぎれ kugire |
| Conditional (~ba) | 区切れば | くぎれば kugireba |
Kanji in 区切る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 区切る.
区くward区別くべつdistinction地区ちくdistrict区域くいきarea区分くぶんdivision区画くかくdivision区間くかんsection (of track, etc.)区切りくぎりpause (in speech, writing, etc.)切手きってstamp (postage)切符きっぷticket切るきるto cut大切たいせつimportant親切しんせつkind切れきれpiece
Source: JMdict entry 1592130 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.