NichiDict

区切る

N2
くぎる
句切る
[kugiru]
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Meanings

1.GodanTransitive

to divide; to separate; to partition; to demarcate; to delimit; to mark off

2.GodanTransitive

to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud); to space one's words

Examples

文章を段落で区切って読みやすくした。

I divided the text into paragraphs for readability.

長くなったので話を一度区切って休憩しよう。

Let's take a break and pause the discussion.

ここで一区切りにしよう。

Let's wrap up here.