“Piece” in Japanese
Short answer
Piece in Japanese is “切れ” (kire). Full meaning: piece, slice, strip, scrap; cloth; sharpness.
Other ways to say “Piece” in Japanese
駒
koma piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); bridge (of a violin, etc.)
端くれ
hashikure scrap, piece, fag end; unimportant (person), petty (official), barely (in a role)
作品
sakuhin work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition), piece, production, opus
一欠片
hitokakera fragment, piece
一個
ikko piece, fragment, one (object)
一篇
ippen piece (e.g. poetry), poem, essay, book, story
呉服物
gofukumono piece, dry-goods, piece goods
出し物
dashimono program (e.g. theatre, theater), programme; (theatrical) piece, number, performance, feature
作
saku work (e.g. of art), piece, production; harvest, crop, yield, cultivation, tillage; technique
所蔵品
shozouhin article (in a collection, etc.), piece
断片
danpen fragment, scrap, piece, shred
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