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切れる

Reading

Kana: きれる
Romaji: kireru
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Definitions

v1
vi
1

to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack

2

to be injured

3

to wear out; to be worn out

4

to break; to burst; to collapse

5

to wear off; to stop working; to go dead

6

to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due

7

to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of

8

to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected

9

to cut well; to be sharp

10

to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able

11

to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time)

12

to dry off

13

to curve; to veer

14

to shuffle (cards)

15

to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip

Note: colloquialism
See also: キレる
suf
v1
16

to be able to do completely

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

電話(でんわ)()れた。
➥The telephone was still.
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(かれ)(あたま)()れる。
➥He is sharp-witted.
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(あぶら)()れてきたぞ。
➥Oil is running short.
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電球(でんきゅう)()れた。
➥The light bulb has burned out.
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(かれ)はすぐキレる。
➥He loses his temper easily.
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彼女(かのじょ)(あたま)がキレる。
➥She is sharp.
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