Meaning
けじめ (kejime) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “distinction”.
Example sentences 10
自分でしたことのけじめは自分でつけなさい
Take responsibility for what you did yourself.
膝がくだけ、地面に倒れこんだ。
his legs failed him and he fell.
公私のけじめをつけなければいけません。
We should draw the line between public and private affairs.
あの子は勉強する時と遊ぶ時のけじめがない.
He doesn't know when to work and when to play.
色のけじめがやっとつくくらいの光があった.
There was just enough light by which the colors were distinguishable.
子供ができるのでこれをけじめにしてたばこをやめます.
As we are having a baby, I'll take this opportunity to stop smoking.
間違いをしたのだから政治家としてけじめをつけなさい.
You made a mistake, so you ought to take responsibility for it as a politician.
桃水とけじめをつけるかのように全く異なる幸田露伴風の理想主義的な小説『うもれ木』を刊行し、一葉の出世作となる。
As if to emphasize the end of her relationship with Tosui, she published "Umoregi" (literally, Buried Wood), an idealistic novel in the style of Rohan KODA; it was completely different from her previous works, and it became the one that made her career.
でもぼくは発つにあたってけじめをつけておきたかったし、あの親切で無関心な海がぼくからの拒絶を洗い流してくれるのに頼りきるのは嫌だった。
But I wanted to settle things before I left, and I did not want to rely entirely on that kind yet indifferent sea to wash away my rejection of it.
恩讐のけじめをはっきりさせているやや単純な筋ながらも、継子いじめの筋を軸に、当時の貴族社会を写実的に描写した物語として評価されている。
Although its storyline is rather simple, drawing clear line between love and hate, it has been appreciated as a tale that represents realistically the society of nobles at that time, centering on ill-treatment of a stepchild.