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kiru
godan verb, transitive verb, auxiliary verb

English Meaning(s) for 切る

godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)
  2. to sever (connections, ties)
  3. to turn off (e.g. the light)
  4. to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect
  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 (cheques, vouchers, etc.)
  9. to reduce; to decrease; to discount
  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 (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
  15. to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut
  16. to shuffle (cards)
  17. to discard a tile
  18. to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expulse; to excommunicate
  19. to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
  20. to trump
  21. to cut (the connection between two groups) (in go)
  22. to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone) (also written as 鑽る)
  23. to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)
auxiliary verb, godan verb
  1. to finish; to complete (after the -masu stem of a verb)

Definition and Synonyms for 切る

Piece a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
Synonyms: きれる, ピース, ひとひら, スライス, 一切れ, 一片, 切る, 切れ, 切れ, 切り身, 剥き身, むき身
Finish cause to finish a relationship with somebody
Synonyms: しまう, やっつける, ぶち上げる, 仕上げる, 切る, 切り上げる, 成し遂げる, 打ち上げる, 済む, 済ます, なし終える, 終える, 終わる, し遂げる, 遂げる
Break prevent completion
Synonyms: よす, やめる, ストップ, 中断, 中止, 中絶, 休止, 停止, 切る, 切り上げる, 取り止める, 差し止める, 打ち切る, 断つ, 断ち切る, 止す, 止む, 止める, 留める, 裁つ, 解消
Interrupt terminate
Synonyms: やめる, 中断, 中止, 中絶, 切る, 断つ, 止む, 止める, 留める, 途切らす, 途切らせる, 遮る
Run Out become used up
Synonyms: きれる, なくなる, 切る, 尽きる, 干る, 枯渇, 涸れる, 種切れ
Snap break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
Synonyms: きれる, 切る, 割る, 割れる, 折る, 折れる, 破る, 破れる
Trump proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare
Synonyms: 切る
Trump play a trump
Synonyms: 切る
Go to be spent or finished
Synonyms: きれる, なくなる, 切る, 枯渇
Finish finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
Synonyms: しまう, やっつける, ぶち上げる, 仕上げる, 切る, 切り上げる, 成し遂げる, 打ち上げる, 済む, 済ます, なし終える, 終える, 終わる, し遂げる, 遂げる
Slice Up cut into slices
Synonyms: 切る
Cut Off remove surgically
Synonyms: 切る, 切断, 切り落とす
Carve cut to pieces
Synonyms: 切る
Chop Up cut into pieces
Synonyms: 切る, 刻む, 打ち切る, 打ち割る
Chip break a small piece off from
Synonyms: はつる, 上げ離す, 切る, 切り取る, 切り放つ, 切断, 切り裂く, 切り除ける, 切り離す, 削る, 剪裁, 剪除, 折る, 断ち切る
Finish provide with a finish
Synonyms: しまう, やっつける, ぶち上げる, 仕上げる, 切る, 切り上げる, 完成, 成し遂げる, 打ち上げる, 済む, 済ます, なし終える, 終える, 終わる, し遂げる, 遂げる
Cut Down cut with a blade or mower
Synonyms: 切る, 切り下げる, 切り伏せる, 切り倒す, 切り取る, 切り捨てる, 切り落とす, 刈る, 剪裁
Cut Back cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
Synonyms: 切る, 切り下げる, 切り払う, 切り落とす, 刈る, 刈り込む, 剪定
Disconnect make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten
Synonyms: はがす, 切る, 断ち切る
Shuffle mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
Synonyms: シャッフル, 切る, かき混ぜる, 混ぜる, 混ぜ合わす, 混ぜ合わせる
Snip Off sever or remove by pinching or snipping
Synonyms: 切る, 摘み取る
Cut cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
Synonyms: 切る
Cut separate with or as if with an instrument
Synonyms: カット, カッティング, 伐る, 切る, 切り取る, 切断, 剪裁, 断ち切る, 裁つ, 裁断
Saw cut with a saw
Synonyms: 切る
Break Up set or keep apart
Synonyms: 切る, 断つ
Cut allow incision or separation
Synonyms: きれる, 切る
Cut function as a cutting instrument
Synonyms: きれる, 切る
Cut form or shape by cutting or incising
Synonyms: 切る
Cut stop filming
Synonyms: 切る
Cut make an abrupt change of image or sound
Synonyms: 切る
Cut Away move quickly to another scene or focus when filming
Synonyms: 切る
Cut move (one's fist)
Synonyms: カッティング, 切る, 切り出す, 切断, 切り立つ, 切り立てる, 切り離す, 刈る, 刈り込む, 割る, 裁つ
Trump produce a sound as if from a trumpet
Synonyms: 切る
Split Up separate into parts or portions
Synonyms: 仕切る, 分つ, 分かつ, 分ける, 分割, 切る, 割る, 区分, 区分け, 区切る, 区画, 取り分ける, 断ち割る, 歩割
Hesitate interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
Synonyms: 休止, 切る, 途切れる
Close Off stem the flow of
Synonyms: すぼむ, つぼむ, すぼめる, 切る
Fragment a broken piece of a brittle artifact
Synonyms: きれる, 切る, 切れ, 切れ, 破片
Fragment a piece broken off or cut off of something else
Synonyms: きり, かけら, きれる, フラグメント, , 切る, 切れ, 切れ, 割る, 割れ, 割れる, 小片, 断片, 欠く, 欠け, 欠ける, 砕片, 破片, 細片
Snipping a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
Synonyms: かけら, きれる, ピース, フラグメント, 切る, 切れ, 切れ, 小片, 断片, 破片
Run Out be exhausted
Synonyms: きれる, なくなる, 切る, 尽きる, 干る, 枯渇, 涸れる, 種切れ

Meanings for each kanji in 切る

» cut; cutoff; be sharp

Categories 切る is a member of

Remove remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
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Break become separated into pieces or fragments
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End bring to an end or halt
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Thin Out make sparse
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Shift lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
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Announce make known
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Go have a turn
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Eat take in solid food
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Manipulate hold something in one's hands and move it
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Coat put a coat on
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Go perform as expected when applied
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Cut separate with or as if with an instrument
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Part force, take, or pull apart
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Make make or cause to be or to become
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Move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
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Stop cause to stop
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Cut make an abrupt change of image or sound
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Go make a certain noise or sound
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Be have the quality of being
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End have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense
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Delay act later than planned, scheduled, or required
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Lay Off put an end to a state or an activity
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Change Integrity change in physical make-up
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Throw cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
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Piece a separate part of a whole
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Serving an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
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Part a portion of a natural object
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 切る

Conjugations for 切る

masu stem
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kiri
Negative stem
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kira
te-form
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kitte
Negative te-form
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kiranakute
Adverbial Negative Form
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kiranaku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[()·]
kiru
Present Indicative Negative Form
[()···]
kiranai
Past Indicative Form
[()··]
kitta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[()·····]
kiranakatta
Presumptive Form
[()··]
kirou
Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
[()···]
kirimasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
[()····]
kirimasen
Past Indicative Form
[()····]
kirimashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
[()·······]
kirimasendeshita
Presumptive Form
[()·····]
kirimashou
Tai Form
Present Indicative Form
[()···]
kiritai
Present Indicative Negative Form
[()·····]
kiritakunai
Past Indicative Form
[()·····]
kiritakatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[()·······]
kiritakunakatta
Adjective stem
[()··]
kirita
te-form
[()····]
kiritakute
Negative te-form
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kiritakunakute
Adverbial Form
[()···]
kiritaku
Provisional Form
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kiritakereba
Provisional Negative Form
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kiritakunakereba
Conditional Form
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kiritakattara
Conditional Negative Form
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kiritakunakattara
Objective Form
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kiritasa
Imperative Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
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kire
Imperative Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
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kirinasai
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
[()··]
kireba
Present Indicative Negative Form
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kiranakereba
Present Indicative Negative Colloquial Form
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kiranakya
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
[()···]
kittara
Present Indicative Negative Form
[()······]
kiranakattara
Alternative Form
Present Indicative Form
[()···]
kittari
Potential Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[()··]
kireru
Present Indicative Negative Form
[()···]
kirenai
Past Indicative Form
[()··]
kireta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[()·····]
kirenakatta
masu-stem
[()·]
kire
te-form
[()··]
kirete
Negative te-form
[()····]
kirenakute
Potential Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
[()···]
kiremasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
[()····]
kiremasen
Past Indicative Form
[()····]
kiremashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
[()·······]
kiremasendeshita
Passive Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[()···]
kirareru
Present Indicative Negative Form
[()····]
kirarenai
Past Indicative Form
[()···]
kirareta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[()······]
kirarenakatta
masu stem
[()··]
kirare
te-form
[()···]
kirarete
Negative te-form
[()·····]
kirarenakute
Passive Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
[()····]
kiraremasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
[()·····]
kiraremasen
Past Indicative Form
[()·····]
kiraremashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
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kiraremasendeshita
Causative Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[()···]
kiraseru
Present Indicative Negative Form
[()····]
kirasenai
Past Indicative Form
[()···]
kiraseta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[()······]
kirasenakatta
masu stem
[()··]
kirase
te-form
[()···]
kirasete
Negative te-form
[()·····]
kirasenakute
Causative Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
[()····]
kirasemasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
[()·····]
kirasemasen
Past Indicative Form
[()·····]
kirasemashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
[()········]
kirasemasendeshita
Causative Passive Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[()····]
kirasareru
Present Indicative Negative Form
[()·····]
kirasarenai
Past Indicative Form
[()····]
kirasareta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[()·······]
kirasarenakatta
masu stem
[()···]
kirasare
te-form
[()····]
kirasarete
Negative te-form
[()······]
kirasarenakute
Causative Passive Polite Form
Present Indicative Form
[()·····]
kirasaremasu
Present Indicative Negative Form
[()······]
kirasaremasen
Past Indicative Form
[()······]
kirasaremashita
Past Indicative Negative Form
[()·········]
kirasaremasendeshita
Colloquial Form
Present Indicative Negative Masculine Form
[()··]
kiran
Formal Form
Present Indicative Negative Form
[()··]
kirazu
Classical Form (nu)
Present Indicative Negative Form
[()··]
kiranu
Classical Form (zaru)
Present Indicative Negative Form
[()···]
kirazaru

Sample Sentences for 切る

He has done with Susie.
Cut the cake with a knife.
He cut his sister a piece of bread.
I was frozen to the bone.
Hold on a second, I'll be right back. Don't hang up!

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