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    3. 手が切れる

    手が切れる

    手てが​切きれ​る​

    to break off with (e.g. one's lover)

    NTVerbFamily & RelationshipsEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab16 strokes

    てがきれる

    Verb

    1.
    to break off with (e.g. one's lover)
    idiomatic expression
    2.
    to be sharp enough to cut one's skin (of a new banknote, etc.)

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    Characters that make up this word

    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
    Kanji
    切
    き.る・-き.る・き.り・-き.り・-ぎ.り・き.れる…(9)
    cut・cutoff・be sharp
    Kanji
    が
    ga
    Kana
    れ
    re
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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