持ち切り (もちきり): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

持ち切り (もちきり) means hot topic / popular subject.

See example sentences below.

持ち切り at a glance

持ち切り

もちきりmochikiri

N1noun

hot topic / popular subject

持ち切りもちきりmochikiriN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

hot topic / popular subject

Example 1

その事件は持ち切りの話題だ。

Translation

That incident is the hot topic.

Example 2

学校では新しい先生が持ち切りです。

Translation

The new teacher is the talk of the school.