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Where does “打ち切る” come from?

打ち切る (Japanese) comes from Japanese 切る, from Japanese 裏切り, from Japanese 裏 — back; behind; other side; inside; reverse side of...

打ち切る (Japanese): terminate, break off, put an end to

Definitions

  1. terminate, break off, put an end to

Ancestry of “打ち切る”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese切るto cut, to slice, to carve; cut down, fell, chop...
2Japanese裏切りtreachery, betrayal
3Japanese裏back; behind; other side; inside; reverse side of...
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