切り口

切(き)り口(くち) • (kirikuchi) 

1. cut end, a surface exposed after something has been cut
2. cross section, section
3. opening, slit, incision
4. method
   • 2025 July 18, “「困ったら本屋」今春教員退職の船張さんが開業決意　名古屋市の笠寺観音商店街「ブタコヤブックス」19日オープン”, in 中日新聞（市民版） [Chunichi Shimbun (citizen's edition)], morning edition, number 29677, page 14:

     本を切り口に交流を図る「来(らい)ぶらり　かさでらブックフェス」が開かれる。

     Hon o kirikuchi ni kōryū o hakaru “raiburari Kasadera bukkufesu” ga hirakareru.

     The "Kasadera Rai-burari Book Festival" will be held to promote interaction through books.

• 木口(きぐち) (kiguchi, “cut end (of wood)”)
• 小口(こぐち) (koguchi, “cut end; section”)
• 口(くち)切(き)り (kuchikiri, “kuchikiri (a tea ceremony)”)