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    3. 切れる

    切れる

    切きれ​る​

    to break

    N3KMT6CoreDaily LifeKanji Vocab7 strokes

    きれる

    Verb, Intransitive

    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
    colloquial

    Auxiliary, Verb

    16.
    to be able to do completely
    word usually written using kana alone

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    糸いとが切きれてしまった。

    The thread snapped.

    KMT4Daily Life
    電でん池ちが切きれて、時と計けいが止とまった。

    The battery ran out, and the clock stopped.

    KMT6Daily LifeTechnology
    賞しょう味み期き限げんが切きれる前まえに食たべましょう。

    Let's eat it before the expiration date.

    KMT6Food & DiningDaily Life
    彼かれは頭あたまの切きれるビジネスマンだ。

    He is a sharp-minded businessman.

    KMT7Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれはすぐに感きも情ちが切きれるタイプだ。

    He's the type who quickly loses his temper.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    切
    き.る・-き.る・き.り・-き.り・-ぎ.り・き.れる…(9)
    cut・cutoff・be sharp
    Kanji
    れ
    re
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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