手を切る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
手 切
て
Grade: 1 		き
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 手 (te, “hand”) + を (o, particle marking the direct object) + 切る (kiru, “to cut”).[1] Literally meaning “to cut hands”.

Pronunciation

Verb

手(て)を切(き)る • (te o kiru) godan (stem 手(て)を切(き)り (te o kiri), past 手(て)を切(き)った (te o kitta))

  1. (idiomatic) to cut off a relationship, to break up with someone, to be through with someone
    私(わたし)はあの男(おとこ)とは手(て)を切(き)った。
    Watashi wa ano otoko to wa te o kitta.
    I am through with him. / I broke up with him.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "手を切る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 手を切ら てをきら te o kira
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 手を切り てをきり te o kiri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 手を切る てをきる te o kiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 手を切る てをきる te o kiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 手を切れ てをきれ te o kire
Meireikei ("imperative") 手を切れ てをきれ te o kire
Key constructions
Passive 手を切られる てをきられる te o kirareru
Causative 手を切らせる
手を切らす 		てをきらせる
てをきらす 		te o kiraseru
te o kirasu
Potential 手を切れる てをきれる te o kireru
Volitional 手を切ろう てをきろう te o kirō
Negative 手を切らない てをきらない te o kiranai
Negative continuative 手を切らず てをきらず te o kirazu
Formal 手を切ります てをきります te o kirimasu
Perfective 手を切った てをきった te o kitta
Conjunctive 手を切って てをきって te o kitte
Hypothetical conditional 手を切れば てをきれば te o kireba

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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