Word Meaning 見切り発車

みきりはっしゃ mikirihassha

見切り発車 is read as みきりはっしゃ (mikirihassha) and means starting a train (or bus, etc.) before all the passengers are on board.

Meaning

English

  1. starting a train (or bus, etc.) before all the passengers are on board
  2. making a snap decision
  3. starting an action without considering objections to it any longer

Reading

Kana

みきりはっしゃ

Romaji

mikirihassha

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 15719 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

見切り

みきり

bargain sale

発車

はっしゃ

departure (of a train, car, etc.)

見切り線

みきりせん

boundary

発見

はっけん

discovery

発見器

はっけんき

detector

国土開発幹線自動車道

こくどかいはつかんせんじどうしゃどう

national development arterial expressway

発見的

はっけんてき

heuristic

発見的方法

はっけんてきほうほう

heuristic method

再発見

さいはっけん

rediscovery

科学的発見

かがくてきはっけん

scientific discovery

車輪の再発明

しゃりんのさいはつめい

reinventing the wheel

見方

みかた

way of appreciating (e.g. opera)