Word Meaning 千切り

せんぎり sengiri

千切り is read as せんぎり (sengiri) and means finely cut strips (of vegetables).

Meaning

English

  1. finely cut strips (of vegetables)
  2. shredded vegetables

Reading

Kana

せんぎり

Romaji

sengiri

Writing Variants

  • 繊切り せんぎり sengiri

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 20556 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

千切る

ちぎる

to do ... heavily

千切れる

ちぎれる

to be torn off

千切り大根

せんぎりだいこん

dried radish strips

打っ千切り

ぶっちぎり

(establishing a) big lead

打っ千切る

ぶっちぎる

to beat by a wide margin (in a race)

千枚張り

せんまいばり

multilayered

千成り

せんなり

bottle gourd

千代

ちよ

thousand years

千九百年代

せんきゅうひゃくねんだい

the 1900s

千秋楽

せんしゅうらく

final day of a tournament

千鳥

ちどり

plover

Example Sentences

3

Tom shredded the lettuce.

Let's shred your wings into small pieces and throw them away.

Cut the quartered pak-choi into, slightly wide, strips.