切り上げる – vocab dash

切きり上あげる

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Meanings

Ichidan verb

Transitive verb

1. to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to stop early; to finish (at a convenient spot)

2. to round up (number)

3. to revalue (currency)

Other spellings

切きり上あげる

Kanji used

Pitch accent

きりあげる

Examples7

時じ間かんが切きれたので会かい見けんを早はやく切きり上あげなければならなかった。

We ran out of time and had to cut short the interview.

円えんは１９７１年ねん１２月じゅうにがつ１８日にち、１ドル３６０円えんから３０８円えんに切上きりあげられた。

The yen was revalued upward against the U.S. dollar from a rate of 360 yen against the dollar to 308 yen on December 18, 1971.

休きゅう暇かを切きりあげて帰かえってきてください。

Please cut your vacation short and return.

会かい合ごうをすぐにきりあげた。

We got the meeting over with quickly.

この辺へんで仕し事ごとを切きり上あげよう。

Let's wind up our work.

ようやくスーザンは母はは親おやの話はなしを切きり上あげ、手て紙がみを書かくと約やく束そくし、電でん話わを切きる。

Finally, Susan cuts her mother short, promises to write, and hangs up.