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切る

Pronunciation: [kʲiɾɯ̟]

“切る” is a Japanese word. Its 16 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to cut, to slice, to carve
  2. to cut down, fell, chop down
  3. to prune, trim, shear
  4. to cut flat things such as cloth or paper
  5. to cut a person with a sword, cut down, kill
  6. to separate from the main body, cut off, break away
  7. to perform an action as if by cutting
  8. to discontinue an action, cut off, break off, turn off, hang up
  9. to cut or sever connection with
  10. to cut off or divide by or as if by partition
  11. to perform an action boldly
  12. to go under, be less than (numerically)
  13. to remove; to run out
  14. to turn sharply

suffix

  1. finish, be through
  2. perform an action thoroughly or decisively

Etymology

⟨ki₁ru⟩ → */kjiru/ → /kiru/ From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kiru. Cognate with Miyako 切 (きぃー, ksïï), Okinawan 切ーん (ちーん, chīn), Yaeyama 切すん (きぃすん, kïsun).

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