Meaning
踏み切る (ふみきる, fumikiru) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “take the plunge, decide boldly, cross over”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 11
やっと犯人の逮捕に踏み切った
They finally went ahead and arrested the criminal.
航空会社が値下げに踏み切るのは時間の問題だ.
It won't be long before the airline has to reduce its fares.
彼は多くの希望と不安を抱いて結婚にふみきった。
He embarked on his marriage with many hopes and fears.
確かに一揆が反乱的、暴動的武力行使に踏み切ることもある。
It is true that ikki sometimes embarked on a revolt or a riot using armed forces, but the use of armed forces doesn't necessarily constitute ikki.
警報機が鳴っているときは絶対に踏み切りを渡らないでください。
Don't go onto the crossing when the alarm is ringing.
ねえおまえ、ギリシャ語を知らない妻を娶った男は離婚に踏み切る資格があるんだよ。
My dear, a man who ascertains after marriage that his wife does not know Greek, is entitled to a divorce.
1985年1月、京都市仏教会は京都市が古都税を施行した場合に24の寺社が拝観停止に踏み切ると宣言した。
January 1985: The Kyoto City Buddhism Organization declared that twenty-four temples and shrines would take the step of refusing visitors in the event that Kyoto City enforced the Old Capital Tax.
問）この時期に内閣改造に踏み切るということに関して、大臣のお立場からしてどのように見てらっしゃいますか。
Q.What do you think of the decision to carry out a cabinet reshuffle at this time?
信長も9月21日に宇智郡の領有権を認める朱印状を高野山に与えるなど、直ちに武力行使に踏み切る意思はなかった。
Nobunaga also had no intention to immediately resort to military force, as he gave Koyasan a shuinjo recognizing its territorial rights over Uchi County on September 21.
早期に解散に踏み切るのではないかという見方もありますが、やはり補正予算を通すことがまずは優先されるべきということでしょうか。
Some people speculate that the House of Representatives will be dissolved (for a snap election) at an early date. Despite such speculation, do you think that the top priority should be enacting a supplementary budget first?
幼稚園や保育所等の子供用施設において使用者が強く踏み切ることができるようにし、踏切時に個人差が出ず、正確な測定をすることができるようにし、しかも跳びやすいようにする。
To achieve accurate measurement without personal difference at the moment of taking off by making users freely take off strongly at child care facilities such as kindergartens or day nurseries, and moreover, facilitate jumping.