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切る, きる
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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着る, 著る, きる
Ichidan verb, Transitive
1. to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down), to put on
2. to bear (guilt, etc.)
その男は反逆者の汚名をきせられた。
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斬る, きる
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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鑽る, 鑚る, きる
Godan verb, Transitive, Obscure term
to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking metal against stone)
できる, 出来る, 出きる, 出來る
Ichidan verb, Intransitive, Usually in kana
1. to be able (in a position) to do, to be up to the task
2. to be ready, to be completed
3. to be made, to be built
4. to be good at, to be permitted (to do)
5. to become intimate, to take up (with somebody)
申し訳ないけど長居できないんですよ。
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起きる, おきる
Ichidan verb, Intransitive
1. to get up, to rise, to blaze up (fire)
2. to wake up, to be awake, to stay awake
3. to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents), to happen, to take place
６時ごろ起きた。
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生きる, 活きる, いきる
Ichidan verb, Intransitive
1. to live, to exist
2. to make a living, to subsist
3. to be in effect, to be in use, to function
4. to come to life, to be enlivened
5. to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
この本はまだ版権が生きている。
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できるだけ, 出来るだけ, 出来る丈
Expression, Adverb, May take 'no', Usually in kana
as much as one can, as much as possible, if at all possible
できるだけ多くの本を読みなさい。
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踏み切る, 踏切る, ふみきる
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to take off, to jump, to leap
2. to take the plunge, to decide, to embark on, to venture into, to launch out into
Sumo term
3. to step out of the ring
彼は多くの希望と不安を抱いて結婚にふみきった。
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ことができる, ことが出来る, 事ができる, 事が出来る
Expression, Ichidan verb, Usually in kana, usu. verb+ことが...
to be able (to), to be possible (to)
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思い切る, 思いきる, おもいきる
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to give up all thoughts of, to abandon, to despair of
Intransitive
2. to make up one's mind, to take a momentous decision
彼女の事が思い切れない。
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尽きる, 竭きる, つきる
Ichidan verb, Intransitive
to be used up, to be run out, to be exhausted, to be consumed, to come to an end
私たちの悩みはつきない。
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乗り切る, 乗りきる, のりきる
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to weather (a storm, rough seas), to ride across, to sail across
2. to get through (adversity), to get over, to tide over, to overcome, to survive
Intransitive
3. to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
我々は最悪の事態を乗り切ったと思います。
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飽きる, 厭きる, 倦きる, 倦る, あきる
Ichidan verb, Auxiliary verb, Intransitive
to get tired of, to lose interest in, to be fed up with, to have enough
息子はハンバーガーにあきています。
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打ち切る, 打切る, うちきる
Godan verb, Transitive
to stop, to abort, to discontinue, to close
この交渉を打ち切りたい。
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締め切る, 閉め切る, 〆切る, 閉切る, 締切る, しめきる
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to close up, to shut up (e.g. behind doors)
usu. 締め切る
2. to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired), to close off (e.g. subscription list)
ラスト・オーダーは締め切らせていただきました。
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逃げ切る, 逃切る, にげきる
Godan verb, Intransitive
1. to make good one's escape, to get away, to outrun
2. to hold on (and win), to win narrowly
どんなに速く走っても、自分の運命から逃げ切ることはできない。
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振り切る, 振切る, ふりきる
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to shake off, to shake free from
2. to swing completely (bat, club, etc.), to take a full swing
3. to break off from (pursuer), to pull away
4. to reject (request), to ignore
囚人は連行していた看守の手を振り切って脱走した。
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押し切る, 押切る, 押しきる, おしきる
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to overcome (opposition), to push past, to force one's way
2. to press and cut
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