きる

切る

to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)

N5Common wordGodan verb (ru ending)
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to cutto cut throughto perform (surgery)
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to sever (connections, ties)
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to turn off (e.g. the light)
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to terminate (e.g. a conversation)to hang up (the phone)to disconnect
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to punch (a ticket)to tear off (a stub)
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to open (something sealed)
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to start
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to set (a limit)to do (something) in less or within a certain timeto issue (cheques, vouchers, etc.)
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to reduceto decreaseto discount
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to shake off (water, etc.)to let drip-dryto let drain
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to crossto traverse
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to criticize sharply
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to act decisivelyto do (something noticeable)to go firstto make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to curl (a ball)to bendto cut
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to shuffle (cards)
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to discard a tile
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to dismissto sackto let goto expelto excommunicate
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to dig (a groove)to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to trump
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to cut (the connection between two groups)
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone)
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)
Suffix, Godan verb (ru ending)
to do completelyto finish doing
Suffix, Godan verb (ru ending)
to be completely ...to be totally ...to be terribly ...
Suffix, Godan verb (ru ending)
to do clearlyto do decisivelyto do firmly

Conjugations

Present辞書形
切る(きる)
Negativeない形
切らない(きらない)
Pastた形
切った(きった)
Past Negativeなかった形
切らなかった(きらなかった)
Te-formて形
切って(きって)

Example Sentences

(はは)はケーキを切った。

My mother cut the cake.

包丁で指を切りました。

I cut my finger with a knife.

父はのこぎりで()を切った。

My father cut wood with a saw.

(はは)はナイフでチーズを切った。

Mother cut the cheese with a knife.

髭をそっているとき(かお)を切った。

I cut myself while shaving.