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着る

きる

Readings

きる

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v1, vtto wear (from the shoulders down); to put on
  2. 2.
    v1, vtto take (the blame, responsibility); to bear

Kanji breakdown

N312 strokesGrade 3

Example sentences

「あの赤い服を着るのはよしなさい」「なぜいけないの」

"You had better not wear the red dress." "Why not?"

その男は反逆者の汚名をきせられた。

The man was branded as a traitor.

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着るきる

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

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