Rune Forge#59
N3Pattern 59
〜きり
Formula:
V-た／N
Examples & key points
朝出かけたきり、帰ってきません。
Asa dekaketa kiri, kaette kimasen.
They went out this morning and have not come back.
きり is not since then — a negative always follows
二人きりで話しました。
Futari kiri de hanashimashita.
We spoke just the two of us.
On a counter it means only that many, nobody else
会話では っきり と発音されます。
Kaiwa de wa kkiri to hatsuon saremasu.
In speech it is pronounced with a small tsu.
二人きり actually comes out as ふたりっきり