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切れる

きれる

usually kana

Readings

きれる

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v1, vito break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack
  2. 2.
    v1, vito be injured
  3. 3.
    v1, vito wear out; to be worn out
  4. 4.
    v1, vito break; to burst; to collapse
  5. 5.
    v1, vito wear off; to stop working; to go dead
  6. 6.
    v1, vito expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due
  7. 7.
    v1, vito run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of
  8. 8.
    v1, vito be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected
  9. 9.
    v1, vito cut well; to be sharp
  10. 10.
    v1, vito be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able
  11. 11.
    v1, vito be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time)
  12. 12.
    v1, vito dry off
  13. 13.
    v1, vito curve; to veer
  14. 14.
    v1, vito shuffle (cards)
  15. 15.
    v1, vito get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
  16. 16.
    aux-v, v1to be able to do completely

Kanji breakdown

N34 strokesGrade 2

Example sentences

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.

ガソリンが切れかかっている。

We're running out of gas.

このはさみは良く切れない。

These scissors don't cut well.

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切れるきれる

to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

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