思い切る

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 思い切る. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 思い切る, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 思い切る in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 思い切る you have here. The definition of the word 思い切る will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of思い切る, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おも
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
思いきる (more common)

Etymology

From (おも) (omou, wish, desire, want) + () (kiru, discontinue an action).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「思い切る
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
思い切る もいき
Imperative (命令形) 思い切れ もいき
Key constructions
Passive 思い切られる もいきられ
Causative 思い切らせる もいきらせ
Potential 思い切れる もいきれ
Volitional 思い切ろう もいきろ
Negative 思い切らない もいきらない
Negative perfective 思い切らなかった もいきらなかった
Formal 思い切ります もいきりま
Perfective 思い切った もいきった
Conjunctive 思い切って もいきって
Hypothetical conditional 思い切れば もいきれば

Verb

(おも)() (omoikiruおもひきる (omofikiru)?transitive godan (stem (おも)() (omoikiri), past (おも)()った (omoikitta))

  1. resign oneself to, give up
  2. resolve, determine

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN