切る
Reading
Kana:
きる
Romaji:
kiru
Definitions
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.)
23
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