Stamps - Cut

Japanese: 切手 - きって

〘 noun 〙 [1] ① A document that grants the right to separate objects or money with a specific purpose or use from that relationship and turn them into "kirimono" (things with a different character ) . It refers to medieval tickets, money orders , tally slips , and receipts for taxes such as annual taxes. ※Uesugi family documents - (Eisho 5th year, 1508) November 23rd, signed by Kuramata Sanetsuchine and five others: "As the matter of tribute to the Imperial Estate in Koshi County _is in _{the hands} of the _Oyakata , please submit _{the stamps} _as soon as possible _. " ② A travel (communication) ticket from the _Edo period. A checkpoint ticket (issued with the attestation of a group of five headmen of the area), a type of stamp. Tally slip . ※Umezu Masakage's Diary - March 18, 1612 (Keicho 17) " _{I don't have any} stamps for the journey here." ※Ukiyo-zoshi - Seken Musume Yoki (1717) 6 "There is a checkpoint, so I need a stamp. " ③ A ticket issued to allow entry to a place. Admission ticket. ※Zappai - Tanaminokasa (1700) "A performer timidly hands over a stamp." ※Newspaper Magazine - Issue 31, February 1872 (Meiji 5) "The Ministry of Education holds an exhibition at the museum. <Omitted> You are allowed to view it with a stamp." ④ A business permit. ※Ninjyohon - Onai Futaba-sou (1834) 3 "It's sad that the shamisen I once played so poorly was still useful. With the stamp from Jintayu, my frail life is finally hanging on." ⑤ A prepaid certificate for a product. You can exchange it for a product. Gift certificate. Product stamp. [Nippo Jisho (1603-04)] *After Tajō Takkon (1896) by Ozaki Koyo, "I even got a tin of biscuits and stamps for kimono." ⑥ A pass to the Edo Yoshiwara Daimon. When a prostitute went out, she showed this issued by her master to the guardhouse. *Zappai Yanagi Taru-ni-san (1789) "Show me your stamp and go eat dengaku." ⑦ A document for depositing money. A borrowing note. Money stamp. *Todai-ki (around 1615?) 4 "Borrowing gold with just a stamp." ⑧ In the Edo period, a bill for selling rice was issued to rice merchants by the storehouses of various feudal lords. It was issued with the guarantee of storage in the storehouse. There are rice stamps, soybean stamps, etc. A type of warehouse receipt. Its issuance was banned in 1871 ( Meiji 4 ). ⑨ Abbreviation of "Yubin Kitte (Postage Stamp)". ※Dajokan Nisshi - January 24, 1871 (Meiji 4) "With the new postal system now in place, we will regulate the posting of tickets at stations and the sale of stamps, etc." ⑩ Early Meiji period, train tickets and other transportation tickets. ※Beio-O Kairan Jikki (1877)〈Kume Kunitake〉1 "The fare is paid by the person in charge of the carriage after the passenger boards the carriage, and is collected in the form of stamps." [2] (A variation of "Kirite (Stamp)") A way of slashing someone. How to cut. ※Kowaka Kagekiyo (late Muromachi period - early modern period) "When cutting a long sword, press it inwards, then outwards, and open it." [Essay] (Regarding (1) ⑨) In 1870 ( Meiji 3 ), before the implementation of the new postal system, Maejima Hisoka adopted the word "stamp" as the equivalent of a postage stamp, which certifies that the state had received postage. In the early Meiji period, bills and admission tickets were still called "stamps," so they were sometimes called "postage stamps" or "wage stamps."

Kirete [Stamp]

〘noun〙① A generous person. Someone who is generous with money. ※Sharebon Kitagawa Shigegara (1826) Vol. 1 "Your whole body is so elegant that you can stand up from here or there."② Someone who handles things efficiently. Someone who makes quick decisions. A smart person. ※Sharebon Sendo Shinbanashi (1802) Vol. 1 "That girl is one of the smartest people in the town."

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Japanese:

〘名〙[一]① ある定まった目的・用途をもつ物や銭を、その関係から切り放し、別の性格をもつ「切物」とする権利を付与する証文。中世の切符、為替(かわし)、割符(さいふ)、年貢などの貢租の預状(あずかりじょう)などをいう。※上杉家文書‐（永正五年）（1508）一一月二三日・倉俣実経外五名連署奉書「古志郡内御料所土貢事、御屋形様被_レ直_二御位_一候之間、如_二切手_一復_二前々_一、急度御進納尤候」② 江戸時代の通行（往来）手形。関所手形（居住地の名主、五人組の証明によって発行されるもの）、手判の類。割符(さいふ)。※梅津政景日記‐慶長一七年（1612）三月一八日「道中の御切手、爰元に無_レ之候」※浮世草子・世間娘容気（1717）六「御関所あって、御切手(キッテ)なくては」③ ある場所にはいることを認めて発行する券。入場券。※雑俳・田みの笠（1700）「おづおづと切手を出す芝居口」※新聞雑誌‐三一号・明治五年（1872）二月「文部省、博物館に於て博覧会を催さる。〈略〉切手を以て拝観することを許さる」④ 営業などの許可証。※人情本・恩愛二葉草（1834）三「昔拙弾(かじ)った三味線が役に立ったも悲しい事、仁太夫さまの切手を貰うて、漸う繋ぐ細い命」⑤ 商品に対する前払いの証券。これをもって商品の引き換えができる。商品券。商品切手。〔日葡辞書（1603‐04）〕※多情多恨（1896）〈尾崎紅葉〉後「ビスケットの鑵や、呉服の切手まで貰ってある」⑥ 江戸吉原大門の通行証。遊女が外出する時、抱え主の発行するこれを番所に見せた。※雑俳・柳多留‐二三（1789）「切(きッ)手を見せて田楽を喰いに行き」⑦ 金銭預かりの証文。借用手形。金銭切手。※当代記（1615頃か）四「只切手にて黄金を借引す」⑧ 江戸時代、諸大名家の蔵屋敷が米商人に発行した米穀の空売手形。蔵預かりを保証して発行する。米切手、大豆切手などがある。一種の倉庫証券。明治四年（一八七一）にその発行が禁止された。⑨ 「ゆうびんきって（郵便切手）」の略。※太政官日誌‐明治四年（1871）一月二四日「今般新式郵便之御仕法御開相成候に付、駅々継立方、切手売捌取締向等」⑩ 明治初年、鉄道など、乗り物の乗車券。切符。※米欧回覧実記（1877）〈久米邦武〉一「賃銭は、上車の後に車を管するもの来り、切手の手合にて収む」[二] (「きりて（切手）」の変化した語) 相手を切りつける方法。切り方。※幸若・景清（室町末‐近世初）「長刀のきってには、こむ手、なく手、ひらく手」[語誌]((一)⑨について) 明治三年（一八七〇）、新式郵便の実施を前に、前島密(まえじまひそか)が、国家が料金を収納したことを証する Postage stamp に対応する語として「切手」を採用した。明治初期は手形や入場券などもまだ「切手」と呼んでいたため、「郵便切手」「賃金切手」と呼ばれることもあった。