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持ち切り (mochikiri)

hot topic, talk of the town

  • JLPT N1

Meaning

持ち切り (もちきり, mochikiri) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “hot topic, talk of the town”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 6

彼女かのじょが来月らいげつフランスへ行いくと言いううわさでもちきりだ。

There is much talk that she is going to France next month.

社内はそのニュースのことで持ちきりだった。

They talked about nothing but the news in the company.

船内はどこでもここでも、サケの話でもちきりだった。

そのあとは、本部の中は、怪少女の話でもちきりだった。

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