言い切る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
言切る

Etymology

From 言う (iu, "say," "state") + 切る (kiru, "perform an action decisively").

Pronunciation

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

Verb

()() (iikirutransitive godan (stem ()() (iikiri), past ()()った (iikitta))

  1. declare, assert
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      (かれ)はあの老人(ろうじん)犯人(はんにん)だと()()った
      kare wa ano rōjin ga hannin da to iikitta
      He asserted that the old man is the culprit
  2. finish saying
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      (はなし)半分(はんぶん)()()ないうちに電話(でんわ)()れた
      hanashi ga hanbun mo iikira nai uchi ni denwa ga kireta
      Before the conversation was halfway done, the phone disconnected

Conjugation

References

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