Word Meaning 切戻

せつらい setsurai

切戻 is read as せつらい (setsurai) and means switch-back (reversal of redundancy switching following repair).

Meaning

English

  1. switch-back (reversal of redundancy switching following repair)

Reading

Kana

せつらい

Romaji

setsurai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 124766 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

切戻し

きりもどし

cutting back

切り戻す

きりもどす

to prune back (plant, shrub, etc.)

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

切り取る

きりとる

to cut off

切り返す

きりかえす

to perform a twisting backward knee trip

切り返し

きりかえし

railway switchback