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きる
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
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 (5-dan, る)
24. to finish; to complete
after the -masu stem of a verb
Alt. forms
きる
50%
切きる
49%
Pitch accent
き
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Top 800
Conjugations...Used in: 5364
Used in vocabulary (117 in total)
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to turn completely into; to become completely
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Examples (43 in total)
I just cut my finger.
I need to cut my nails.
Let me cut the carrots.
I cut the crust off the bread.
Where did you get your hair cut?
Would it be OK if I turned off the radio?
"I want to get a haircut soon." "Huh, already?"
Are you going to cut down all the trees here?
Did you cut the paper?
This knife won't cut well.
Cut the cake with this knife.
I want a knife with which to cut the rope.
Mother cut the cheese with a knife.
She cut the apple with a knife.
We cut the pie in two.
Mary cut her finger.
Tom cut his own hair.
These scissors don't cut well.
She was right in the middle of cutting cucumbers.
He made a sharp turn to the left.
Hold on a second, I'll be right back. Don't hang up!
You've cut my hair too short.
The boy cut the cake in two.
She had her hair cut short.
She cut her finger on the broken glass.
Please turn off the camera.
Give me a knife to cut this string with.
Stir-fry the ingredients which were cut into bite-sized pieces.
I had my hair cut at a barber's shop.
I just got a haircut.
You should cut the meat into small pieces before eating it.
Please help me cut up vegetables for the salad.
The apple was cut in two by her with a knife.
He cut his finger in opening a can.
He sawed logs for the fireplace.
Peel the apples and slice them in half, cutting out the core.
Jane had her hair cut short before the athletic meet.
The barber has cut your hair very short.
At last, John and Sue decided to cut the apple into halves.
Our transactions with that firm have continued unbroken since my father's generation.
2. Cut the daikon into long sticks.
I have my hair cut once a month.
We somehow managed to swim across the river.