其れっ切り

それっきり
Alternative writings: それっ切り, 其れっきり
Frequency:
1

no more than that; finishing with that and nothing further — stronger than 'それきり', implying it ended completely.

NounAdverbUsually Kana

Examples

彼に会ったのは一度きりで、それっきり連絡がない。

I met him only once, and that was it — there's been no contact since.

話し合いはそこで終わり、それっきり何も変わらなかった。

The discussion ended there, and that was that — nothing changed.

彼は謝ったが、それっきりで済むような問題ではない。

He apologized, but it's not the kind of problem that can be settled with just that.

2

since then; ending there — indicating that something stopped from that point onward.

NounAdverb

Examples

彼は留学してそれっきり帰ってこない。

He went abroad to study and hasn't come back since.

メールを送ったが返事はそれっきりだった。

I sent an email, but that was the last I heard.

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