noun
A physical break or opening in something continuous, such as a crack in a rock or a gap in a line.
雲の切れ目から青空が見えた。
I could see blue sky through a break in the clouds.
岩の切れ
A small flower was blooming in a crack in the rock.
noun
A break in time or continuity, such as a pause in conversation or a gap in a schedule.
話の切れ目に、彼は立ち上がった。
He stood up at a pause in the conversation.
仕事の切れ目にコーヒーを飲む。
I drink coffee during a break in work.
noun
A deliberate cut or notch made in a material, such as a slit in fabric or a score line for folding.
紙に切れ目を入れてから折るときれいに仕上がる。
If you make a cut in the paper before folding, it will come out neatly.
布の切れ目から糸がほつれてきた。
Threads started to fray from the cut in the cloth.
noun
end; breaking point
The point where something ends or runs out, often used in set phrases like 切れ目がない (endless) or 金の切れ目が縁の切れ目 (when the money runs out, the relationship ends).
彼の話には切れ目がない。
His stories are endless.
金の切れ目が縁の切れ目というが、本当だろうか。
They say that when the money runs out, the relationship ends, but I wonder if that's true.