切る（きる）
JLPT N5 · Godan verb (Group 1)
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: to cut
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 切ります | きります |
| te-form | 切って | きって |
| ta-form (past) | 切った | きった |
| nai-form (negative) | 切らない | きらない |
| potential form | 切れる | きれる |
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Example sentences
- 包丁で野菜を細かく切る。 — I chop the vegetables finely with a kitchen knife.
- 美容院で髪を短く切った。 — I got my hair cut short at the salon.
Idioms & proverbs containing “切る”
- 桜切る馬鹿、梅切らぬ馬鹿 (さくらきるばか、うめきらぬばか) — only an idiot prunes cherry trees and only an idiot does not prune plum trees
- 手を切る (てをきる) — to cut one's hand
- 首を切る (くびをきる) — to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge
- 舵を切る (かじをきる) — to change direction (of policy, etc.); to turn the rudder (of a ship)
- 口を切る (くちをきる) — to be the first to speak; to break the silence
- 腹を切る (はらをきる) — to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri
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