割(わ)り込(こ)み

わりこみ
noun
cutting in line; pushing in; butting in
actiontechnology
1. cutting in line; pushing in; butting in
Pushing into a line ahead of people who were already waiting, or forcing into a gap in traffic or a conversation.
列(れつ)に割(わ)り込(こ)みをしないでください。
Please don't cut in line.
割(わ)り込(こ)みをした人(ひと)に注意(ちゅうい)した。
I told off the person who cut in line.
高速道路(こうそくどうろ)で無理(むり)な割(わ)り込(こ)みをする車(くるま)が多(おお)くて危(あぶ)ない。
There are many cars that dangerously cut in on the expressway.
2. interrupt (computing)
In computing, a signal that makes the processor stop what it is doing and deal with something more urgent first.
割(わ)り込(こ)み処理(しょり)でプログラムの実行(じっこう)が中断(ちゅうだん)された。
Program execution was suspended by interrupt processing.
ハードウェア割(わ)り込(こ)みが発生(はっせい)した。
A hardware interrupt occurred.
タイマー割(わ)り込(こ)みを使(つか)って、一定(いってい)間隔(かんかく)でデータを取得(しゅとく)する。
Timer interrupts are used to acquire data at regular intervals.

The noun form of 割(わ)り込(こ)む (to cut in, to push in). In everyday life, it most commonly refers to cutting in line or merging aggressively in traffic — both considered rude in Japanese culture. In computing, it refers to hardware or software interrupts.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 横入(よこい)り: cutting in line — more colloquial and used almost exclusively for queues, not traffic or computing
  • 割(わ)り込(こ)む: to cut in; to squeeze in — the verb form, covering both physical cutting in and interrupting

Related Words

Compare: 横入(よこい)り (cutting in line)
Compare: 割(わ)り込(こ)む (to cut in)
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