noun

  1. Sumo term.getting poised again for charging, toeing the mark again.
  2. starting again, getting a fresh start, going back to square one.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
仕切り直し しきりなおし
 
 
 
 
仕切りなおし しきりなおし
 
 
 
 
しきり直し しきりなおし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

attend, doing, official
シ つか.える (3rd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ さむらい お (4th, N1)
cut, cutoff, be sharp
き.る セツ サイ (2nd, N4)
seven
なな シチ なの (1st, N5)
sword, saber, knife
かたな トウ ち (2nd, N1)
straightaway, honesty, frankness
なお.す なお チョク (2nd, N3)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
fishhook radical(乙) variant