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煮え切らない

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 煮え切らない

えきらない
Expression
~い Adj.
Freq #23959
1

half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive

Examples
彼の煮え切らない態度にいらいらした。
I was vexed at his irresolute attitude.

Kanji in this Word

12 strokes
Frequency: 1565
JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

boil
cook

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
シャ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
に.る
-に
に.える
に.やす
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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