Word details

思い切る

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 思い切る.

Dictionary

Entry

思い切る思いきるもいきGodan verbFreq #2893
1

Transitive verb

to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of

Examples
彼女の事が思い切れない
I can't forget her.
2

Intransitive verb

to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

Examples
重病には思い切った療法が必要だ。
Desperate diseases require desperate remedies.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

think

9 strokesFrequency 132JLPT N3Grade 2

On

Kun

おも.うおもえら.くおぼ.す

cut, cutoff, be sharp

4 strokesFrequency 324JLPT N3Grade 2

On

セツサイ

Kun

き.る-き.るき.り-き.り-ぎ.りき.れる-き.れるき.れ-き.れ-ぎ.れ

Nanori

きつきりぎり

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