JLPT N2 · Noun / adverb

思い切り (omoikiri)

思い切り (おもいきり, omoikiri) is a Japanese noun / adverb meaning “to one's heart's content; as much as one wants”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: おもいきり
Romaji: omoikiri
Word class: Noun / adverb
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; with all one's strength; to the best of one's ability · adverb
resolution; decisiveness; determination; resignation · noun

Example sentences

私は思いきり働きたい。

I will work to the best of my ability.

Tatoeba #156532

彼女は僕の右足を思い切り蹴りつけた。

She gave me a hard kick on my right leg.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 思い切り

thinkシ・おも.う・おもえら.く · 9 strokes

cut, cutoff, be sharpセツ・サイ・き.る・-き.る · 4 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 思い切り.

思うおもうto think思い出すおもいだすto recall思想しそうthought意思いしintention思い出おもいでmemories思わずおもわずunconsciously不思議ふしぎwonderful思い付くおもいつくto think of思い込むおもいこむto be convinced (that)思いっ切りおもいっきりto one's heart's content思いっきりおもいっきりto one's heart's content思い掛けないおもいがけないunexpected思考しこうthought思い付きおもいつきidea

Source: JMdict entry 2834138 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.