# 切れる
## Japanese

* Kanji in this term
* 切
* き Grade: 2
* kun'yomi

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きれる [kìréꜜrù] (Nakadaka –)
* IPA: [kʲiɾe̞ɾɯ̟]
* Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「切れる」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary :
| Stem forms ||||
| Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) | 切れる | きれる | [kìréꜜrù] |
| Imperative (命令形) | 切れろ | きれろ | [kìréꜜrò] |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 切れられる | きれられる | [kìréráréꜜrù] |
| Causative | 切れさせる | きれさせる | [kìrésáséꜜrù] |
| Potential | - | - | - |
| Volitional | 切れよう | きれよー | [kìréyóꜜò] |
| Negative | 切れない | きれない | [kìréꜜnàì] |
| Negative perfective | 切れなかった | きれなかった | [kìréꜜnàkàttà] |
| Formal | 切れます | きれます | [kìrémáꜜsù] |
| Perfective | 切れた | きれた | [kíꜜrètà] |
| Conjunctive | 切れて | きれて | [kíꜜrètè] |
| Hypothetical conditional | 切れれば | きれれば | [kìréꜜrèbà] |

### Verb

切(き)れる • (kireru) intransitive ichidan (stem 切(き)れ (kire), past 切(き)れた (kireta))
Japanese verb pair :
| active | 切る |
| mediopassive | 切れる |
* be cut off, break, snap, burst, collapse
* be cut, be injured, become fissured
    手(て)が切(き)れた。
       Te ga kireta.
       I cut my hand.
* break off, be interrupted
* cut or sever connection with
* run out, expire, terminate
    期限(きげん)が切(き)れた。
       Kigen ga kireta.
       The term has expired.
* of a stock, run out, be exhausted, be used up

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 切れ | きれ | kire |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 切れ | きれ | kire |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 切れる | きれる | kireru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 切れる | きれる | kireru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 切れれ | きれれ | kirere |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 切れよ¹ 切れろ² | きれよ¹ きれろ² | kireyo¹ kirero² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 切れられる | きれられる | kirerareru |
| Causative | 切れさせる 切れさす | きれさせる きれさす | kiresaseru kiresasu |
| Potential | 切れられる 切れれる³ | きれられる きれれる³ | kirerareru kirereru³ |
| Volitional | 切れよう | きれよう | kireyō |
| Negative | 切れない 切れぬ 切れん | きれない きれぬ きれん | kirenai kirenu kiren |
| Negative continuative | 切れず | きれず | kirezu |
| Formal | 切れます | きれます | kiremasu |
| Perfective | 切れた | きれた | kireta |
| Conjunctive | 切れて | きれて | kirete |
| Hypothetical conditional | 切れれば | きれれば | kirereba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential ||||

#### Derived terms

* 切れ (kire): sharpness, piece, bit
* 切れ口 (kirekuchi): cut end, section, opening
* 切れ字, 切字 (kireji): punctuation words in haiku, renga, etc.
* 切れ痔, 切痔 (kireji): anal fistula
* 切れ端 (kirehashi): scraps, cut end
* 切れ長 (kirenaga): long slits
* 切れ物, 切物 (kiremono): edged tool, cutlery
* 切れ目, 切目 (kireme): break, pause, gap, end
* 切れ間 (kirema): interval, break, rift
* 切れた縄 (kireta nawa): broken rope
* 切れっ処, 切れっ戸, 切処, 切戸 (kiretto): gap in a mountain ridge
* 切れっ端 (kireppashi): scraps, cut end
* 切れ込み (kirekomi): cut, notch, incision
* 切れ込む (kirekomu): cut into
* 切れ長の目 (kirenaga no me): almond eyes, slit eyes
* 切れるナイフ (kireru naifu): sharp knife
* 尻切れ (shirikire): object cut off at the end
* 板切れ (itakire): scrap lumber, piece of wood
* 紙切れ (kamikire, kamigire): scrap of paper
* 逆切れ (gyakugire): being angry at someone who would normally be angry at you
* 即切れ (sokugire): instantly exploding into a rage
* 手切れ (tegire): severing of connections or relations
* 頭切れ (tōkire): (comp) clipping off the beginning of a speech transmission
* 端切れ (hagire): scrap of cloth
* 半切れ (hangire): looking furious
* 棒切れ (bōgire): stick, piece of wood
* 息切れ (ikigire): shortness of breath
* 事切れる (kotokireru): expire, die
* 千切れる (chigireru): be torn to pieces
* 途切れる, 跡切れる (togireru): pause, be interrupted
* 千切れ雲 (chigiregumo): scattered clouds
* 手切れ金 (tegirekin): consolation money
* 尻切れ蜻蛉 (shirikire tonbo): leaving unfinished
* 途切れ途切れ (togiretogire): broken, intermittent
* ガン切れ (gangire): losing one's cool
* ブチ切れ, ぶち切れ (buchikire, buchigire): livid
* ブチ切れる, ぶち切れる (buchikireru, buchigireru): be enraged, flip out
* プチ切れ (puchigire): getting irked
* マジ切れ (majigire): being truly angry
* リンク切れ (rinkugire): dead link
* 裾が切れる (suso ga kireru): get frayed at the hem
* 皸が切れる, 皹が切れる (hibi ga kireru): be chapped
* 売り切れる, 売切れる (urikireru): be sold out
* 擦り切れる, 擦切れる, 摩り切れる (surikireru): wear out
* はち切れる (hachikireru): be filled to bursting
* 吹っ切れる, 吹っきれる (fukkireru): break through, become unbound by
* 有り切れ (arigire): remnants
* 高野切れ (kōyagire): fragments from the old literary work kept at Koyasan
* 制御切れ (seigyogire): (comp) control break
* 電力切れ (denryokugire): (comp) power supply cutoff
* 用紙切れ (yōshikire): (comp) out of paper
* 売り切れ, 売切れ, 売切 (urikire): sold-out
* 制御切れレベル (seigyogire reberu): (comp) control break level
* 金の切れ目が縁の切れ目 (kane no kireme ga en no kireme): relationships formed by wealth will end when the money ends
* 元値が切れる (motone ga kireru): be below the cost
* ひびの切れた, 皹の切れた (hibi no kireta): chapped
* 堪忍袋の緒が切れる (kanninbukuro no o ga kireru): be out of patience

#### Related terms

* 切(き)る (kiru): cut, sever, turn off

### Suffix

切(き)れる • (-kireru)
* be able to do, be able to finish
    飲(の)み切(き)れますか？
       Nomikiremasuka?
       Can you drink it all up?

#### Usage notes

Attach after the 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of a verb, the suffix is often used with its negative form 切(き)れない (kirenai).

#### Derived terms

* 切れ者, 切者 (kiremono): sharp and able person
* 切れ手, 切手 (kirete): man of ability
* 切れない, 切れ無い (kirenai): being too many or too much
* 切れる男 (kireru otoko): able man
* 切っても切れない (kitte mo kirenai): inseparable
* 仕切れない (shikirenai): impossible to do
* 頭が切れる (atama ga kireru): be sharp, be keen
* 入り切れる (irikireru): be able to get in
* 割り切れる, 割切れる (warikireru): be divided without remainder
* 数え切れない (kazoekirenai): countless, incalculable
* 食べ切れない (tabekirenai): more than one can eat
* 待ち切れない (machikirenai): waiting impatiently for
* やり切れない, 遣り切れない (yarikirenai): unbearable, intolerable
* 割り切れない (warikirenai): indivisible, unconvincing
* 死んでも死に切れぬ (shinde mo shinikirenu): I can't die and leave things this way

#### Related terms

* 切(き)る (kiru): (suffix) finish, be through

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN