N31504/1669
切れる
Ichidan verbverb (generic)intransitive verbcolloquialusually written using kana aloneauxiliary verb
Reading
きれる
Meanings
- to break, to snap, to be cut, to split, to crack
- to be injured
- to wear out, to be worn out
- to break, to burst, to collapse
- to wear off, to stop working, to go dead
- to expire (time limit, etc.), to run out, to become due
- to run out (of stock, etc.), to be exhausted, to be used up, to be sold out, to be out of
- to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship), to break up, to have severed ties, to be cut off, to be disconnected
- to cut well, to be sharp
- to be sharp-minded, to be keen, to be shrewd, to be quick-witted, to be able
- to be short of, to drop under (a certain figure), to beat (e.g. a record time)
- to dry off
- to curve, to veer
- to shuffle (cards)
- to get angry, to snap, to blow one's top, to lose one's temper, to flip
- to be able to do completely
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Example sentences
このナイフはよく切れる。
This knife cuts well.
契約の期限が切れた。
The contract expired.
冷蔵庫の卵が切れているから、買ってきてください。
We're out of eggs in the fridge, so please buy some.
上司の言葉に我慢できなくなって、ついに切れてしまった。
I couldn't stand my boss's words anymore and finally lost my temper.
電池が切れると、このリモコンは使えなくなる。
When the battery runs out, this remote control will no longer work.
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