切れる
Meanings
Ichidan verb
Intransitive verb
1. to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack
2. to be injured
3. to wear out; to be worn out
4. to break; to burst; to collapse
5. to wear off; to stop working; to go dead
6. to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due
7. to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of
8. to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected
9. to cut well; to be sharp
10. to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able
11. to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time)
12. to dry off
13. to curve; to veer
14. to shuffle (cards)
Auxiliary verb
Ichidan verb
16. to be able to do completely (Usually kana, after the -masu stem of a verb)
Other spellings
きれる
Kanji used
Pitch accent
きれる
Examples116
100 メートル、10 秒 切れる?
Will they break the ten-second mark in the hundred-metre race?
ガソリン が 切れかかっている。
We're running out of gas.
この 氷 は 薄 すぎて 君の 体 を 支え きれない だろう。
This ice is too thin to bear your weight.
あいつ は、 とうとう 切れた。
Finally, he lost his temper.
この はさみ は 良く 切れない。
These scissors don't cut well.
二人 の 子供 は 綱 が 切れる まで 引っ張り あった。
The two children pulled at the rope until it broke.