Example sentences
Formation
(i) Vinformal past | (っ) きり | |
出た(っ) きり(帰らない) | (someone has never returned) since he left home | |
買った(っ) きり(使わない) | (someone has never used something) since he bought it | |
(ii) Noun | きり | Where Noun=noun of time |
今日きり | Only today | |
今週きり | Only this week | |
今年きり | Only this year | |
(iii) Demonstrative Pronoun | (っ) きり | |
これ(っ) きり | Only this much/only this time | |
それ(っ) きり | (only that much/only that time); since then | |
あれ(っ) きり | (only that much/only that time); since then | |
(iv) Number+Counter | (っ) きり | |
二人(っ) きり | Only two (students, etc.) | |
三枚(っ) きり | Only three (CDs, etc.) | |
四本(っ) きり | Only four (pencils, etc.) |