切れる

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

  • 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
Imperative (命令形) 切れろ きれろ
Key constructions
Passive 切れられる きれられる
Causative 切れさせる きれさせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 切れよう きれよー
Negative 切れない きれない
Negative perfective 切れなかった きれなかった
Formal 切れます きれます
Perfective 切れた きれた
Conjunctive 切れて きれて
Hypothetical conditional 切れれば きれれば

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
  1. be cut off, break, snap, burst, collapse
  2. be cut, be injured, become fissured
    手(て)が切(き)れた。
    Te ga kireta.
    I cut my hand.
  3. break off, be interrupted
  4. cut or sever connection with
  5. run out, expire, terminate
    期限(きげん)が切(き)れた。
    Kigen ga kireta.
    The term has expired.
  6. of a stock, run out, be exhausted, be used up

Conjugation

Conjugation of "切れる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
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

Suffix

切(き)れる • (-kireru) 

  1. 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

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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