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割り切る

わりきる

to be pragmatic, to draw a line

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Examples

  1. 仕事と割り切る。

    しごととわりきる。

    I treat it purely as work.

  2. 彼は何でも割り切って考える。

    かれはなんでもわりきってかんがえる。

    He thinks about everything in clear-cut terms.

  3. 感情は捨てて、これはビジネスだと割り切るしかない。

    かんじょうはすてて、これはビジネスだとわりきるしかない。

    You just have to set feelings aside and accept that this is business.

Common patterns

〜と割り切る
to decide to see it simply as ...
割り切って考える
to think about it pragmatically
割り切れない気持ち
a feeling that won't settle

Memory tip

From arithmetic: a number that 割り切れる divides with no remainder. Applied to feelings it means deciding something cleanly and leaving no emotional leftovers — hence 割り切れない for lingering dissatisfaction.

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