きりだし

切り出し
pointed knife
logging
(beef) scraps
starting to speak

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きりだし【切り出し】

1 〔小刀〕 a small, pointed knife for woodworking; a marking [working] knife.

2 〔木材の〕 logging (operations); 〔石材の〕 quarrying; 【電算】 〔画像の〕 cutting out a figure.

3 〔言い出し〕 broaching 《of a subject》.

●話の切り出しが上手[下手]だ know [do not know] when and how to broach 《a subject》

・切り出しが悪い make a bad start 《in negotiation talks》.