仕切る (しきる): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

仕切る (しきる) means to divide / to partition / to settle accounts.

See example sentences below.

仕切る at a glance

仕切る

しきるshikiru

N1verb

to divide / to partition / to settle accounts

仕切るしきるshikiruN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to divide / to partition / to settle accounts

Example 1

部屋をカーテンで仕切った。

Translation

I partitioned the room with a curtain.

Example 2

飲み会の費用を仕切るのは彼だ。

Translation

He is the one who settles the expenses for the party.