切る

Reading

Kana: きる
Romaji: kiru
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

suf
v5r
vt
1

to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)

2

to sever (connections, ties)

See also: 縁を切る
3

to turn off (i.e. the light)

4

to terminate (i.e. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect

See also: 電話を切る
5

to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub)

6

to open (something sealed)

7

to start

8

to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (stamps, vouchers, etc.)

9

to reduce; to decrease; to discount

See also: 値切る
10

to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain

11

to cross; to traverse

12

to criticize sharply

13

to act decisively; to do (something noticeable); to go first; to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)

14

to turn (a vehicle)

15

to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut

16

to shuffle (cards)

17

to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expulse; to excommunicate

18

to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)

19

to trump

See also: 切り札
20

(in Go) to isolate (an opponent's stone)

21

to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone)

Note: also written as 鑽る
22

to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)

suf
v5r
23

to finish; to complete

Note: after the -masu stem of a verb
See also: 疲れきる

Kanji

Readings: セツ、 サイ、 き.る、 -き.る、 き.り、 -き.り、 -ぎ.り、 き.れる、 -き.れる、 き.れ、 -き.れ、 -ぎ.れ
Meanings: cut, cutoff, be sharp

Example Sentences

()らないでよ!
➥Don't hang up!
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(ゆび)()りました。
➥I just cut my finger.
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(かれ)(かわ)横切(よこぎ)った。
➥He got across the river.
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(かれ)裏切(うらぎ)った。
➥He turned traitor.
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(かれ)電話(でんわ)()った。
➥He hung up.
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(かれ)十字(じゅうじ)()った。
➥He crossed himself.
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