Japanese symbol for “quarry”
切り出す
きりだす
Romaji: kiridasu
to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off
In Japanese, quarry is 切り出す, read きりだす (kiridasu).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- v5s, vt to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off
- v5s, vt to begin to talk; to break the ice; to broach
- v5s, vt to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.)
- v5s, vt to select and extract (from a media file); to splice out
Written forms: 切り出す、切りだす、切出す、伐り出す. Readings: きりだす.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “quarry”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 猟 | りょう ryou | game; quarry |
| 石切り場 | いしきりば ishikiriba | quarry; stone pit |
| 採石場 | さいせきじょう saisekijou | quarry; stone pit |
| 採掘場 | さいくつじょう saikutsujou | mining site; quarry; diggings |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大切 | たいせつ taisetsu | important; significant; serious |
| 一切 | いっさい issai | all; everything; entirety |
| 適切 | てきせつ tekisetsu | appropriate; suitable; fitting |
| 切り | きり kiri | end; finish; place to stop |
| 切る | きる kiru | to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery) |
| 親切 | しんせつ shinsetsu | kind; gentle; considerate |
| 出演 | しゅつえん shutsuen | appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance |
| 出す | だす dasu | to take out; to get out |
See also: Chinese symbol for “quarry”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.