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たきり

たきりta kiriN3neutral

savor + (past) + did X, and nothing has happened since

ajiwatta kiri

did X, and nothing has happened since (often "never again")

meaning: did X, and nothing has happened since

Same meaning

  • 味あじわう
  • 〜たきり
  • 味あじわったきり

兄あには五年前ごねんまえに家いえを出でたきり、一度いちども帰かえってきていない。

ani wa gonen mae ni ie o deta kiri, ichido mo kaette kite inai.

My older brother left home five years ago, and he hasn't come back since. neutral

あいつとは一回いっかい飲のんだきり、もう連絡れんらく取とってないな。

aitsu to wa ikkai nonda kiri, mou renraku totte nai na.

I only ever had drinks with him that one time — haven't been in touch since. casual

Same meaning5

All examples3

did X and that was that — nothing has followed since

  1. 兄あには五年前ごねんまえに家いえを出でたきり、一度いちども帰かえってきていない。

    ani wa gonen mae ni ie o deta kiri, ichido mo kaette kite inai.

    My older brother left home five years ago, and he hasn't come back since. neutral

  2. あいつとは一回いっかい飲のんだきり、もう連絡れんらく取とってないな。

    aitsu to wa ikkai nonda kiri, mou renraku totte nai na.

    I only ever had drinks with him that one time — haven't been in touch since. casual

  3. 担当者たんとうしゃからは先月せんげつご連絡れんらくいただいたきり、お返事へんじがありません。

    tantousha kara wa sengetsu go renraku itadaita kiri, o henji ga arimasen.

    We received contact from the person in charge last month, and have had no reply since. formal

How it's formed1

All forms4

  • たっきりtakkiricolloquial

    味あじわったっきり

    促音そくおん added for emphasis, spoken only — it grumbles where plain きり merely reports(一度いちど会あったっきり音沙汰おとさたがない), and never appears in business or news writing.

  • pastたきりだったtakiridatta

    味あじわったきりだった

  • politeたきりですtakiridesu

    味あじわったきりです

  • て-formたきりでtakiride

    味あじわったきりで

Notes

Not the "just the two of us" きり (二人ふたりきり) — that limits a noun
instead. This one always points to a follow-up that never came.