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限りキリFreq #1158
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Word usually written using kana alone; Common noun

end; finish; place to stop

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Word usually written using kana alone; Common noun

bound; limit; end

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限り/限 only; Common noun; Finance

delivery date (of a futures contract)

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Common noun

finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville)

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Common noun

trump card

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Common noun; Card games

king (court card; in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)

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Counter

counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (of fish, meat, etc.)

Examples
彼はそこに行ったきり2度と帰ってこなかった。
He went there, never to return.
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Word usually written using kana alone; Particle; Sometimes pronounced ぎり

only; just

Examples
彼は38歳なのに両親に頼りきりです。
Though 38, he is still dependent on his parents.
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Word usually written using kana alone; Particle; Usu. in a negative sentence; sometimes pronounced ぎり

(ever) since; after

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Word usually written using kana alone; Particle; Sometimes pronounced ぎり

continuously; remaining (in a particular state)

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Word usually written using kana alone; Common noun; Go (game); Usu. キリ

cut

Freq #5727
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Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun

eager; earnest; ardent; kind; keen; acute

2

Abbreviation; Interjection; Also きり

OFF (on switch)

Godan verbFreq #412
1

Transitive verb

to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)

Examples
2.大根は拍子木に切る
2. Cut the daikon into long sticks.
2

Transitive verb

to sever (connections, ties)

3

Transitive verb

to turn off (e.g. the light)

Examples
エアコンを切ってもかまいませんか。
Do you mind if I turn off the AC?
4

Transitive verb

to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect

Examples
「スミスさんをお願いしたいのですが」「そのまま切らずにお待ちください」
"May I speak to Mr Smith?" "Will you hold the line?"
5

Transitive verb

to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub)

6

Transitive verb

to open (something sealed)

Examples
いったん封を切るとそのテープは返品できません。
Once you break the seal, you can't return the tape.
7

Transitive verb

to start

Examples
転職も引っ越しもして、心機一転、新たなスタートを切った
I quit my job and moved so I could start off with a clean slate.
8

Transitive verb

to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (cheques, vouchers, etc.)

9

Transitive verb

to reduce; to decrease; to discount

10

Transitive verb

to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain

11

Transitive verb

to cross; to traverse

12

Transitive verb

to criticize sharply

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Transitive verb

to act decisively; to do (something noticeable); to go first; to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)

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Transitive verb

to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)

15

Transitive verb

to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut

Examples
トランプをよく切ってください。
Please shuffle the cards carefully.
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Transitive verb

to shuffle (cards)

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Transitive verb; Mahjong

to discard a tile

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Transitive verb

to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expel; to excommunicate

Examples
ハリーはなんとかその川を泳ぎきった
Harry managed to swim across the river.
19

Transitive verb

to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)

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Transitive verb

to trump

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Transitive verb; Go (game); Sometimes キる

to cut (the connection between two groups)

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Transitive verb; Also written as 鑽る

to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone)

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Transitive verb

to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)

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Suffix; After the -masu stem of a verb

to do completely; to finish doing

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Suffix; After the -masu stem of a verb

to be completely ...; to be totally ...; to be terribly ...

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Suffix; After the -masu stem of a verb

to do clearly; to do decisively; to do firmly

れるIchidan verbFreq #1234
1

Intransitive verb

to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack

Examples
二人の子供は綱が切れるまで引っ張りあった。
The two children pulled at the rope until it broke.
2

Intransitive verb

to be injured

3

Intransitive verb

to wear out; to be worn out

4

Intransitive verb

to break; to burst; to collapse

5

Intransitive verb

to wear off; to stop working; to go dead

6

Intransitive verb

to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due

7

Intransitive verb

to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of

Examples
ガソリンが切れかかっている
We're running out of gas.
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Intransitive verb

to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected

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Intransitive verb

to cut well; to be sharp

Examples
このはさみは良く切れない
These scissors don't cut well.
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Intransitive verb

to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able

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Intransitive verb

to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time)

Examples
100メートル、10秒切れる
Will they break the ten-second mark in the hundred-metre race?
12

Intransitive verb

to dry off

13

Intransitive verb

to curve; to veer

14

Intransitive verb

to shuffle (cards)

15

Colloquial; Intransitive verb

to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip

Examples
あいつは、とうとう切れた
Finally, he lost his temper.
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Word usually written using kana alone; Auxiliary verb; After the -masu stem of a verb

to be able to do completely

Examples
この氷は薄すぎて君の体を支えきれないだろう。
This ice is too thin to bear your weight.
っかけっ掛けNounUsually kanaFreq #2639
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chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus; occasion

Examples
彼等は彼に逃げるきっかけを与えた。
They gave him a chance to escape.
り替える替えるり換えるりかえる換えるり変えるりかえTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #4027
1

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace; to switch over

り裂く裂くりさり割くTransitiveGodan verbFreq #4259
1

to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces

Examples
切れはずたずたに切り裂かれた
The cloth was torn to shreds.
ないつな~い Adj.Freq #4528
1

painful; heartrending; trying

2

oppressive; suffocating; miserable

り出すりだTransitiveGodan verbFreq #4665
1

Also written as 伐り出す

to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off

2

to begin to talk; to break the ice; to broach

Examples
挨拶抜きでいきなり用件を切り出す
Skip the pleasantries and get down to business.
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Also written as 鑽り出す

to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.)

4

to select and extract (from a media file); to splice out

り捨てる捨てる斬り捨てるりすてTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #5562
1

to cut off and throw away

2

to abandon; to disregard; to discard; to throw to the wolves

Examples
もう少しやさしく意見してあげたらどうなの。一刀両断のもと切り捨てられた彼の立場も考えてよ。
Why don't you try expressing your opinion a little more gently? Think about how he feels getting told flatly that he's being cut loose.
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to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to omit; to ignore; to round down

4

to cut (someone) down; to slay

つだん截断NounTransitive~する VerbFreq #5747
1

cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection

Examples
強風のため電線が数箇所で切断された。
The strong wind cut the electric wires in several places.
り離すりはなり放すTransitiveGodan verbFreq #6458
1

to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple

Examples
金と権力は、切り離せない
Power and money are inseparable.
り上げる上げるりあげTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #7337
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to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to stop early; to finish (at a convenient spot)

Examples
時間が切れたので会見を早く切り上げなければならなかった。
We ran out of time and had to cut short the interview.
2

to round up (number)

3

to revalue (currency)

Examples
円は1971年12月18日、1ドル360円から308円に切上げられた
The yen was revalued upward against the U.S. dollar from a rate of 360 yen against the dollar to 308 yen on December 18, 1971.
り取るりとる取るりとTransitiveGodan verbFreq #7363
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to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out; to cut down; to amputate

Examples
彼は、ロープを2メートル切り取った
He cut off two meters of the rope.
り札ふだNounFreq #8486
1

Card games

trump; trump card

Examples
あの会社の社長は切り札を隠し持っています。
The president of that company has an ace up her sleeve.
2

ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

っ先っさきほう ()NounFreq #8983
1

point (of a sword, etc.)

2

pointed verbal attack

り替わるりかわIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #9367
1

to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)

り抜ける抜けるりぬけTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #9530
1

to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy)

2

to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)

Examples
我々はこの難局を何とかして切り抜けなければならない。
We have to somehow come through this troublesome situation.
り落とすり落す落す落とすりおとTransitiveGodan verbFreq #10004
1

to cut off; to lop off; to prune

Examples
彼は木の枝を何本か切り落とした
He cut some branches off the tree.
Freq #10340
1

Common noun

piece; slice; strip; scrap

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Common noun; Also written as 布, 裂

cloth

Examples
切れはずたずたに切り裂かれた。
The cloth was torn to shreds.
3

Common noun

sharpness

Examples
昔のような身体の切れを取り戻したい。
I wish I could get back the tone and nimbleness I once had.
4

Common noun

agility

Examples
肉は何切れにしましょうか。
How many slices of meat would you like?
5

Counter

counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

つじつNoun~な Adj.Freq #10745
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earnest; sincere; acute; keen; fervent

2

pressing; urgent; serious; severe

Examples
太っているのが私の切実な問題です。
Being fat is a serious problem for me.
3

pertinent; appropriate

り刻む斬り刻む斬刻むりきざTransitiveGodan verbFreq #11124
1

to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince

Examples
彼は肉を切り刻んで重さを量った。
He cut up the meat and weighed it.
り開くり拓くりひらくりひらTransitiveGodan verbFreq #11727
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to cut open

Examples
彼は、その封筒を切り開いた
He cut the envelope open.
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to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to open; to cut one's way through (e.g. a jungle)

Examples
我々は森を切り開いて道を作った。
We cleared a path through the woods.
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to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

羽詰まる羽詰るっぱつまるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #12023
1

to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament; to be packed to the hilt