KAKKI-RI かっきり
Meanings
① A clear demarcation or boundary.
② The state in which there are no excesses, shortages, or fractions of time, quantity (money), etc.
Examples
② That country was divided exactly in half by the war.
あの国は戦争によってかっきり半分に分割されてしまった。
Dogmatic Opinion
It may not be used much.
In the sense of ①, “Hakkiri” and “Kukkiri” are used.
In the sense of ②,”Kikkari” and “Kicchiri” are used.
Because the sound “Kak” evokes “angle” or “corner”
and “kiri” evokes “cut”
The sound of “Kakkiri” has a image of dividing a square object in a straight line.
(*The origin is completely different.)
Proximate Expression
exactly
punctually
precisely
