～きり
～きり · ～kiri · JLPT N1 · noun
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✂️ きり comes from 切り (kiri), cut off: 一人きり = one person, cut off from the rest
From 切り (cut, cut off). Whatever is cut off from everything else is the only one left: 一つきり = one and only, 一度きり = just once.
～きり · ～kiri · JLPT N1 · noun
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✂️ きり comes from 切り (kiri), cut off: 一人きり = one person, cut off from the rest
From 切り (cut, cut off). Whatever is cut off from everything else is the only one left: 一つきり = one and only, 一度きり = just once.