JLPT N2 Upper Intermediate
割り込み
Cutting in line, interruption, or barging in
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割り込む verb form
割込み alternative spelling
1 Noun
"Cutting in" / "Interrupting"
The act of forcing one’s way into a line, conversation, or gap between others.
Example
駅 で 列 に 割り込み を され て 、 とても 嫌 な 気分 に なった 。
Someone cut in front of me in the line at the station, and it really annoyed me.
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2 Noun
"Computer Interrupt"
A computing signal that temporarily suspends the current process to execute a higher-priority task.
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