Meaning of 切る(きる) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 切る JLPT 5

Kana Reading きる

Romaji kiru

Parts of speech

suffix, Godan verb with `ru' ending, transitive verb

Meaning

to cut (usu. to cut through)

Example sentence

1/4カットの白菜を太めの千切りにザクザク切る。 Cut the quartered pak-choi into, slightly wide, strips.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to sever (connections, ties)

Example sentence

獲得した優先権を無駄にしないために、そのまま切らずにお待ちください。 Please hold the line so as not to lose your place in the queue.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to turn off (i.e. the light)

Example sentence

３．電話をかけても、アナウンス等に従って操作したりせず、すぐに切ること。 3. If you do phone then hang up immediately, without following any instructions given.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to terminate (i.e. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect

Example sentence

たくさん作っても捌ききれないから、控えめにね。 If you make too many, we won't be able to sell them all, so don't go wild.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub)

Example sentence

ここでは１０分を切った選手のみを集めたのですが、見ての通り平山の記録は５人の中で最も遅い記録です。 Here we have assembled only athletes who have broken 10 minutes but, as you can see, Hirayama's record is the slowest of the five people.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to open (something sealed)

Example sentence

林檎は彼女によってナイフで半分に切られた。 The apple was cut in two by her with a knife.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to start

Example sentence

包丁で指を切りました。 I cut my finger with a knife.
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Meaning

to set (a limit)

Example sentence

母は私の髪の毛を短く切りました。 My mother cut my hair too short.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to reduce; to decrease; to discount

Example sentence

母はナイフでチーズを切った。 Mother cut the cheese with a knife.
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Meaning

to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry (or drain)

Example sentence

母はその鶏肉を私たちに切って分けてくれた。 Mother carved us the chicken.
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Meaning

to cross

Example sentence

母はケーキを切った。 My mother cut the cake.
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Meaning

to do (something noticeable)

Example sentence

父はのこぎりで木を切った。 My father cut wood with a saw.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to turn (a vehicle)

Example sentence

必ずテレビのスイッチを切りなさい。 Be sure to switch off the television before you go to sleep.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to cut (the ball)

Example sentence

髭をそっているとき顔を切った。 I cut myself shaving.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to shuffle (cards)

Example sentence

彼女は髪の毛を短く切ってもらいました。 She had her hair cut short.
Parts of speech

Meaning

to trump

Example sentence

彼女は全体で１９時間５５分で泳ぎ切ったが、これはそれまでの記録より１０時間短かった。 She made it in a total of 19 hours and 55 minutes, which is shorter than the previous record by 10 hours.
Parts of speech

Meaning

(in Go) to isolate (an opponent's stone)

Example sentence

彼女はリンゴを半分にきった。 She cut the apple in half.
Parts of speech

suffix, Godan verb with `ru' ending

Meaning

(after the -masu stem of a verb) to finish; to complete

Example sentence

彼女はナイフでリンゴを切った。 She cut the apple with a knife.

Examples of 切る, きる in a sentence

1/4カットの白菜を太めの千切りにザクザク切る。

Cut the quartered pak-choi into, slightly wide, strips.
獲得した優先権を無駄にしないために、そのまま切らずにお待ちください。

Please hold the line so as not to lose your place in the queue.
３．電話をかけても、アナウンス等に従って操作したりせず、すぐに切ること。

3. If you do phone then hang up immediately, without following any instructions given.
たくさん作っても捌ききれないから、控えめにね。

If you make too many, we won't be able to sell them all, so don't go wild.
ここでは１０分を切った選手のみを集めたのですが、見ての通り平山の記録は５人の中で最も遅い記録です。

Here we have assembled only athletes who have broken 10 minutes but, as you can see, Hirayama's record is the slowest of the five people.
林檎は彼女によってナイフで半分に切られた。

The apple was cut in two by her with a knife.

Verb Conjugations

Non-Past

Plain: 切る
Plain Polite: 切ります
Negative: 切らない
Negative Polite: 切りません

Past

Plain: 切った
Plain Polite: 切りました
Negative: 切らなかった
Negative Polite: 切りませんでした

Plain: 切って
Plain Polite: 切りまして
Negative: --
Negative Polite: --

Passive

Plain: 切られる
Plain Polite: 切られます
Negative: 切られない
Negative Polite: 切られません

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Kanji in this word

切 JLPT 4

4 strokes

cut, cutoff, be sharp

On'Yomi: セツ, サイ

Kun'Yomi: き.る, -き.る, き.り, -き.り, -ぎ.り, き.れる, -き.れる, き.れ, -き.れ, -ぎ.れ

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