切れる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

切

Verb

切れる (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana きれる, romaji kireru)

1. be cut off, break, snap, burst, collapse
2. be cut, be injured, become fissured

   手が切れた

   てがきれた

   Te ga kireta

   I cut my hand

3. break off, be interrupted
4. cut or sever connection with
5. run out, expire, terminate

   期限が切れた

   きげんがきれた

   Kigen ga kireta

   The term has expired

Conjugation

Conjugation of "切れる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms	Imperfective (未然形)	切れ	きれ	kire
	Continuative (連用形)	切れ	きれ	kire
	Terminal (終止形)	切れる	きれる	kireru
	Attributive (連体形)	切れる	きれる	kireru
	Hypothetical (仮定形)	切れれ	きれれ	kirere
	Imperative (命令形)	切れよ¹ 切れろ²	きれよ¹ きれろ²	kireyo¹ kirero²
Key constructions	Passive	切れられる	きれられる	kirerareru
	Causative	切れさせる 切れさす	きれさせる きれさす	kiresaseru kiresasu
	Potential	切れられる 切れれる³	きれられる きれれる³	kirerareru kirereru³
	Volitional	切れよう	きれよう	kireyō
	Negative	切れない 切れぬ 切れん	きれない きれぬ きれん	kirenai kirenu kiren
	Negative continuative	切れず	きれず	kirezu
	Formal	切れます	きれます	kiremasu
	Perfective	切れた	きれた	kireta
	Conjunctive	切れて	きれて	kirete
	Hypothetical conditional	切れれば	きれれば	kirereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms

切れ (kire): sharpness, piece, bit 切れ口 (kirekuchi): cut end, section, opening 切れ字, 切字 (kireji): punctuation words in haiku, renga, etc. 切れ痔, 切痔 (kireji): anal fistula 切れ端 (kirehashi): scraps, cut end 切れ長 (kirenaga): long slits 切れ物, 切物 (kiremono): edged tool, cutlery 切れ目, 切目 (kireme): break, pause, gap, end 切れ間 (kirema): interval, break, rift 切れた縄 (kireta nawa): broken rope 切れっ処, 切れっ戸, 切処, 切戸 (kiretto): gap in a mountain ridge 切れっ端 (kireppashi): scraps, cut end 切れ込み (kirekomi): cut, notch, incision 切れ込む (kirekomu): cut into 切れ長の目 (kirenaga no me): almond eyes, slit eyes 切れるナイフ (kireru naifu): sharp knife 尻切れ (shirikire): object cut off at the end 板切れ (itakire): scrap lumber, piece of wood 紙切れ (kamikire, kamigire): scrap of paper 逆切れ (gyakugire): being angry at someone who would normally be angry at you 即切れ (sokugire): instantly exploding into a rage 手切れ (tegire): severing of connections or relations 頭切れ (tōkire): (comp) clipping off the beginning of a speech transmission 端切れ (hagire): scrap of cloth 半切れ (hangire): looking furious 棒切れ (bōgire): stick, piece of wood 息切れ (ikigire): shortness of breath 事切れる (kotokireru): expire, die 千切れる (chigireru): be torn to pieces

途切れる, 跡切れる (togireru): pause, be interrupted 千切れ雲 (chigiregumo): scattered clouds 手切れ金 (tegirekin): consolation money 尻切れ蜻蛉 (shirikire tonbo): leaving unfinished 途切れ途切れ (togiretogire): broken, intermittent ガン切れ (gangire): losing one's cool ブチ切れ, ぶち切れ (buchikire, buchigire): livid ブチ切れる, ぶち切れる (buchikireru, buchigireru): be enraged, flip out プチ切れ (puchigire): getting irked マジ切れ (majigire): being truly angry リンク切れ (rinkugire): dead link 裾が切れる (suso ga kireru): get frayed at the hem 皸が切れる, 皹が切れる (hibi ga kireru): be chapped 売り切れる, 売切れる (urikireru): be sold out 擦り切れる, 擦切れる, 摩り切れる (surikireru): wear out はち切れる (hachikireru): be filled to bursting 吹っ切れる, 吹っきれる (fukkireru): break through, become unbound by 有り切れ (arigire): remnants 高野切れ (kōyagire): fragments from the old literary work kept at Koyasan 制御切れ (seigyogire): (comp) control break 電力切れ (denryokugire): (comp) power supply cutoff 用紙切れ ('yōshikire): (comp) out of paper 売り切れ, 売切れ, 売切 (urikire): sold-out 制御切れレベル (seigyogire reberu): (comp) control break level 金の切れ目が縁の切れ目 (kane no kireme ga en no kireme): relationships formed by wealth will end when the money ends 元値が切れる (motone ga kireru): be below the cost ひびの切れた, 皹の切れた (hibi no kireta): chapped 堪忍袋の緒が切れる (kanninbukuro no o ga kireru): be out of patience

Related terms

• 切る (kiru): cut, sever, turn off

Suffix

切れる (hiragana きれる, romaji -kireru)

1. be able to do, be able to finish

   飲み切れますか

   のみきれますか

   Nomikiremasu ka

   Can you drink it all up?

Derived terms

切れ者, 切者 (kiremono): sharp and able person 切れ手, 切手 (kirete): man of ability 切れない, 切れ無い (kirenai): being too many or too much 切れる男 (kireru otoko): able man 切っても切れない (kitte mo kirenai): inseparable 仕切れない (shikirenai): impossible to do 頭が切れる (atama ga kireru): be sharp, be keen 入り切れる (irikireru): be able to get in

割り切れる, 割切れる (warikireru): be divided without remainder 数え切れない (kazoekirenai): countless, incalculable 食べ切れない (tabekirenai): more than one can eat 待ち切れない (machikirenai): waiting impatiently for やり切れない, 遣り切れない (yarikirenai): unbearable, intolerable 割り切れない (warikirenai): indivisible, unconvincing 死んでも死に切れぬ (shin demo shinikirenu): I can't die and leave things this way

Related terms

• 切る (kiru): (suffix) finish, be through