区切る (くぎる): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

区切る (くぎる) means to separate / to divide / to mark off.

See example sentences below.

区切る at a glance

区切る

くぎるkugiru

N2verb

to separate / to divide / to mark off

区切るくぎるkugiruN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to separate / to divide / to mark off

Example 1

文を区切って読みます。

Translation

I read by separating the sentences.

Example 2

時間を区切って作業しましょう。

Translation

Let's work by dividing the time.