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切れる

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 切れる

Ichidan verb
Freq #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.
8

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

9

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.
10

Intransitive verb

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

11

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.
16

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.

Kanji in this Word

4 strokes
Frequency: 324
JLPT N3
Grade 2

Meanings

cut
cutoff
be sharp

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
セツ
サイ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
き.る
-き.る
き.り
-き.り
-ぎ.り
き.れる
-き.れる
き.れ
-き.れ
-ぎ.れ
Nanori — Specialized readings used in names
きつ
きり
ぎり
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