Word Meaning 切り返し

きりかえし kirikaeshi

切り返し is read as きりかえし (kirikaeshi) and means railway switchback.

Meaning

English

  1. railway switchback
  2. twisting backward knee trip
  3. counterattack
  4. slashing back

Reading

Kana

きりかえし

Romaji

kirikaeshi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 21031 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

切り返す

きりかえす

to perform a twisting backward knee trip

国際返信切手券

こくさいへんしんきってけん

international reply-paid coupon

切回し

きりまわし

management

切り出し

きりだし

(beef) scraps

切り干し

きりぼし

dried daikon strips

切実

せつじつ

pertinent

切断

せつだん

cutting

切り取り

きりどり

cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.)

切腹

せっぷく

seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

切望

せつぼう

earnest desire

切り抜き

きりぬき

cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)

切除

せつじょ

cut off