白を切る

Japanese
Kanji in this term
白 切
しら
Grade: 1
(ateji)		 き
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
シラを切る
しらを切る

Etymology

Literally “to be boldly honest”.

The shira can also be interpreted as the shira of 知らぬ (shiranu, “not knowing”).[1]

Verb

白(しら)を切(き)る • (shira o kiru) godan (stem 白(しら)を切(き)り (shira o kiri), past 白(しら)を切(き)った (shira o kitta))

  1. to play innocent

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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