CHOKKI-RI ちょっきり
Meanings
・The way the scissors cut in a single stroke. And its sound.
Examples
・Snip off the branches with high branch clippers.
高枝切りばさみで、枝をちょっきり切り落とす。
・Rikishi have their hair cut in a ceremony in which they get scissors cut into their mage from a large crowd.
力士は断髪式で、大勢の人からまげにちょっきりハサミを入れてもらう。
Dogmatic Opinion
“Choki” is reminiscent of scissors.
The image of cutting thin objects, branches, hair, etc., by moving the scissors only once and quickly.
Proximate Expression
Snipping
