JLPT N5 vocabulary

切る: meaning, reading and conjugation

Reading and pitch accent

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Godan verb (u-verb)

Meaning

  1. to cut, to cut through, to perform (surgery)
  2. to sever (connections, ties)
  3. to turn off (e.g. the light)
  4. to terminate (e.g. a conversation), to hang up (the phone), to disconnect
  5. to punch (a ticket), to tear off (a stub)
  6. to open (something sealed)
  7. to start
  8. to set (a limit), to do (something) in less or within a certain time, to issue (cheques, vouchers, etc.)
  9. to reduce, to decrease, to discount
  10. to shake off (water, etc.), to let drip-dry, to let drain
  11. to cross, to traverse
  12. to criticize sharply
  13. to act decisively, to do (something noticeable), to go first, to make (certain facial expressions in kabuki)
  14. to turn (a vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
  15. to curl (a ball), to bend, to cut
  16. to shuffle (cards)
  17. to discard a tile (mahjong)
  18. to dismiss, to sack, to let go, to expel, to excommunicate
  19. to dig (a groove), to cut (a stencil on a mimeograph)
  20. to trump
  21. to cut (the connection between two groups) (go)
  22. to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking metal against stone)
  23. to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)
  24. to do completely, to finish doing, suffix after the -masu stem of a verb
  25. to be completely ..., to be totally ..., to be terribly ..., suffix after the -masu stem of a verb
  26. to do clearly, to do decisively, to do firmly, suffix after the -masu stem of a verb
Illustration of 切る

Conjugation

Ends in -iru / -eru like an ichidan verb, but conjugates as godan.

切る · Godan verb (u-verb)
FormAffirmativeNegative
Basics
Plain present辞書形 · ない形切るきる切らないきらない
Plain pastた形 · なかった形切ったきった切らなかったきらなかった
Polite presentます形切りますきります切りませんきりません
Polite pastました形切りましたきりました切りませんでしたきりませんでした
Te-formて形切ってきって切らなくてきらなくて
Conditions and moods
If (-ba)ば形切ればきれば切らなければきらなければ
If / when (-tara)たら形切ったらきったら切らなかったらきらなかったら
Let’s / will意向形切ろうきろう—not in common use
Want toたい形切りたいきりたい切りたくないきりたくない
Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形切れきれ切るなきるな
Can · passive · causative
Can (potential)可能形切れるきれる切れないきれない
Passive受身形切られるきられる切られないきられない
Make / let使役形切らせるきらせる切らせないきらせない
Be made to使役受身形切らせられるきらせられる切らせられないきらせられない

Example sentences

  1. 彼女かのじょは学校がっこうきっての運動うんどう神経しんけいの持ち主も|ぬしだ。

    She has the best athletic ability in the whole school.

  2. 一日いちにちで本ほんを一冊いっさつ読みよ切るきのは無理むりというものだ。

    Finishing a whole book in one day is simply impossible.

  3. カレーを作ろうつくと思っおもたので、予めあらかじ野菜やさいを切っきておいた。

    I was thinking of making curry, so I cut up the vegetables in advance.