切る
きる · kiru
To cut, to cut through, to perform (surgery)
- to sever (connections, ties)
- to turn off (e.g. the light)
- to terminate (e.g. a conversation), to hang up (the phone), to disconnect
Other ways to say “to cut” in Japanese →
high first, then falls · what is pitch accent?
Example sentences
髪を切るのが上手です。
かみをきるのがじょうずです。
He is good at cutting hair.
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髪を切るまでに、どんなスタイルにしたいか決めておいてください。
かみをきるまでに、どんなすたいるにしたいかきめておいてください。
Please decide what style you want before I cut your hair.
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髪を切ると、気分がすっきりしますよ。
かみをきると、きぶんがすっきりしますよ。
If you cut your hair, you'll feel refreshed.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 切りますきります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 切りませんきりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 切りましたきりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 切りませんでしたきりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 切りましょうきりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 切りきり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 切りたいきりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 切りながらきりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 切ってきって |
| Plain past (た形) | 切ったきった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 切ったらきったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 切っているきっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 切らないきらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 切らなかったきらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 切らなくてきらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 切れるきれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 切ればきれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 切れきれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 切ろうきろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 切られるきられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 切らせるきらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 切らされるきらされる |
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What does 切る mean?
To cut, to cut through, to perform (surgery). It can also mean: to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation), to hang up (the phone), to disconnect.
How do you pronounce 切る?
きる (kiru). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 切る?
JLPT N5 — beginner. See the JLPT N5 guide.
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