Kanaate #37 answers (October 28, 2026)
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4-kana answer: きりあげ
Meaning
The act of bringing work or an activity to an end at a certain point. In arithmetic, it can also mean rounding a number up.
Example sentences
雨が強くなったので、練習を切り上げて帰りました。
Ame ga tsuyoku natta node, renshū o kiriagete kaerimashita.
The rain got heavier, so we ended practice and went home.
話が長くなったため、会議はそこで切り上げました。
Hanashi ga nagaku natta tame, kaigi wa soko de kiriagemashita.
The discussion was getting long, so we ended the meeting there.
Note
In everyday use, 切り上げ often means to stop an activity or finish work. In arithmetic, it can mean rounding up, so the context matters.
Related words
- 終了
- 中断
- 切り捨て
About the shape of this word
- 4 hiragana.
- No kana is repeated.
- It contains kana with a dakuten (voicing mark): げ. Use the ゛ key to type them.
5-kana answer: じんじょう
Meaning
Jinjō means ordinary or usual, and it often appears in the phrase jinjō de wa nai, meaning extraordinary.
Example sentences
彼の集中力は尋常ではありません。
Kare no shūchūryoku wa jinjō dewa arimasen.
His concentration is extraordinary.
今日の暑さは尋常じゃないほどです。
Kyō no atsusa wa jinjō janai hodo desu.
It is extraordinarily hot today.
Note
Jinjō de wa nai means not ordinary or extraordinary. In everyday speech, the shorter form jinjō janai is also common.
Related words
- 普通
- 異常
- 並外れる
About the shape of this word
- 5 hiragana.
- The kana "じ" appear more than once. Repeated kana are colored once for each time they appear in the answer.
- It contains kana with a dakuten (voicing mark): じ, じ. Use the ゛ key to type them.
- It contains small kana: ょ. Use the 小 (small) key to type them.
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