切り出す

Meaning

1. v5svt
   to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off
2. v5svt
   to begin to talk; to break the ice; to broach
3. v5svt
   to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.)
4. v5svt
   to select and extract (from a media file); to splice out

Example sentences

• Xbox 360については「いいハードです」と開口一番切り出した。

  On the Xbox 360 the very first thing he said was "good hardware."

• 挨拶抜きでいきなり用件を切り出す。

  Skip the pleasantries and get down to business.

• それは松の木から切り出して、カットして、ヤスリで磨いてハートの形にしたものです。

  It was carved from a piece of pine wood, cut and sanded into the shape of a heart.