切る
きる ・ kiru
Pitch accent
切る
〜ます形
〜て形
〜た形
〜ない形
〜なかった形
〜ば形
使役形
受身形
命令形
可能形
〜う形
Meaning
- To cut, to cut through, to perform (surgery)
- To sever (connections, ties)
- To turn off (i.e. the light)
- To terminate (i.e. a conversation), to hang up (the phone), to disconnect
- To punch (a ticket), to tear off (a stub)
- To open (something sealed)
- To start
- To set (a limit), to do (something) in less or within a certain time, to issue (stamps, vouchers, etc.)
- To reduce, to decrease, to discount
- To shake off (water, etc.), to let drip-dry, to let drain
- To cross, to traverse
- To criticize sharply
- To act decisively, to do (something noticeable), to go first, to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
- To turn (a vehicle)
- To curl (a ball), to bend, to cut
- To shuffle (cards)
- To dismiss, to sack, to let go, to expulse, to excommunicate
- To dig (a groove), to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
- To trump
- (in Go) to isolate (an opponent's stone)
- To start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone)
- To draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)
- To finish, to complete
Examples
- 切っても切れない関係にある
きってもきれないかんけいにある
They have an inseparable relationship. - 〜から逃げ切る
〜からにげきる
To escape from ~ - _インチの厚さに切る
_インチのあつさにきる
Cut to a thickness of __ inches.