Meaning of 切れる in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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切れるJLPT 3
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Kana Readingきれる
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Romajikireru
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
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- to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack
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- to be injured
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- to wear out; to be worn out
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- to break; to burst; to collapse
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- to wear off; to stop working; to go dead
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- to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due
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- to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of
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- to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected
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- to cut well; to be sharp
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- to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able
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- to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time)
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- to dry off
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- to curve; to veer
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- to shuffle (cards)
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- to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
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- suffix, Ichidan verb
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- to be able to do completely
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Example Sentences
切れる, きれる used in context
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The button battery in the PC's internal timer has gone flat
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え？トナーが切れてるんですか？仕方ないですね。加藤さん、すみませんが職員室に取りに行って下さい。
Eh? Have we run out of toner? Oh well, sorry, but can you go the staff-room and get some, Katou?
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「どーした、もじもじして」「あーいや、何かパンツのゴム切れちゃったみたいで」
What's up? Fidgeting like that "Er, well, it looks like the elastic's gone in my pants."
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免許証の有効期間が切れてしまった場合は次の方法で新たな免許証の交付を受けることができる。
If your licence exceeds its validity period then you can be issued with a new licence in the following way.
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Our connection may be cut on paper but the bonds of old remain as they were.
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基本はアスカがシンジをいじめる。で、たまにキレたシンジがアスカを襲う。その時のアスカはやけにしおらしい。
The key is that Asuka abuses Shinji. So, rarely, Shinji flips and assaults Asuka. Then Asuka is surprisingly meek.
Verb Conjugations
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Kanji found in this word
cut, cutoff, be sharp
On: セツ, サイ
Kun: き.る, -き.る, き.り, -き.り, -ぎ.り, き.れる, -き.れる, き.れ, -き.れ, -ぎ.れ
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