JLPT N1 · Noun

持ち切り (mochikiri)

持ち切り (もちきり, mochikiri) is a Japanese noun meaning “hot topic; talk of the town”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.

Reading: もちきり
Romaji: mochikiri
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

hot topic; talk of the town · noun

Example sentences

社内はそのニュースのことで持ちきりだった。

They talked about nothing but the news in the company.

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

Kanji in 持ち切り

hold, haveジ・も.つ・-も.ち · 9 strokes

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 持ち切り.

持つもつto hold (in one's hand)気持ちきもちfeelingお金持ちかねもちrich person維持いじmaintenance持ち上げるもちあげるto elevate持参じさんbringing受け持つうけもつto take (be in) charge of支持しじsupport持続じぞくcontinuation所持しょじpossession受持ちうけもちcharge (of something)切手きってstamp (postage)切符きっぷticket切るきるto cut

Source: JMdict entry 1315630 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.