切れる
きれる
Meanings
- Ichidan verb, Intransitive to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack
- to be injured
- to wear out; to be worn out
- to break; to burst; to collapse
- to wear off; to stop working; to go dead
- to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due
- to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of
- to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected
- to cut well; to be sharp
- to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able
- to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time)
- to dry off
- to curve; to veer
- to shuffle (cards)
- to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip See also: キレる.
- Auxiliary verb, Ichidan verb to be able to do completely (after the -masu stem of a verb)
Kanji
- 切 cut. Read as きれる.
Example sentences
- 君にはいくら感謝してもしきれない。
I can't thank you enough. - 空には星がたくさんでていてとても数え切れない。
There are so many stars in the sky, I can't count them all. - 機械は油がきれてキイキイいった。
The machine squealed for lack of oil. - 堪忍袋の緒が切れる。
My patience has come to the breaking point. - 階段を駆け上がったので、息が切れた。
I'm out of breath after running up the stairs.
Common phrases
- 耐えきれる (たえきれる) to bear
- 契約が切れる
- 期限が切れる (きげんがきれる) to have a time-limit expire
- 抑えきれない (おさえきれない) uncontainable
- 隠し切れる (かくしきれる) to be able to conceal
- 縁が切れる
- 糸が切れる
- 電池が切れる
- 電源が切れる
- スタートを切れる
- 任期が切れる
- スタートが切れる
- 賞味期限が切れる
- 有効期限が切れる
- 特許が切れる
Related forms
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