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切る, きる
Conjugated: きりました
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to cut, to cut through, to perform (surgery)
See 縁を切る
2. to sever (connections, ties)
3. to turn off (e.g. the light)
See 電話を切る
4. to terminate (e.g. a conversation), to hang up (the phone), to disconnect
5. to punch (a ticket), to tear off (a stub)
2.大根は拍子木に切る。
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斬る, きる
Conjugated: きりました
Godan verb, Transitive
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.), to slice (off), to lop (off), to cut (off)
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剪る, きる
Conjugated: きりました
Godan verb
to cut, to prune, to trim (branches, leaves, flowers, etc.)
截る, きる
Conjugated: きりました
Godan verb
to cut (e.g. cloth)
伐る, きる
Conjugated: きりました
Godan verb, Transitive
to cut down (e.g. trees)
鑽る, 鑚る, きる
Conjugated: きりました
Godan verb, Transitive, Obscure term
to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking metal against stone)