Results, to sever
- 切る★【きる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)
- to sever (connections, ties) ➜ 縁を切る
- to turn off (e.g. the light)
- to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect ➜ 電話を切る
- to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub)
- to open (something sealed)
- to start
- to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (stamps, vouchers, etc.)
- to reduce; to decrease; to discount ➜ 値切る
- to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain
- to cross; to traverse
- to criticize sharply
- to act decisively; to do (something noticeable); to go first; to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
- to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
- to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut
- to shuffle (cards)
- to discard a tile - Mahjong term
- to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expulse; to excommunicate
- to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
- to trump ➜ 切り札
- to cut (the connection between two groups) (in go)
- to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone) - also written as 鑽る
- to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)
auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:
- to finish; to complete - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 疲れきる
２．大根は拍子木に切る。 2. Cut the daikon into long sticks.
家を出る前にはガスのスイッチを切ることを忘れないでください。 Don't forget to turn off the gas before you leave the house.
３．電話をかけても、アナウンス等に従って操作したりせず、すぐに切ること。 3. If you do phone then hang up immediately, without following any instructions given.
いったん封を切るとそのテープは返品できません。 Once you break the seal, you can't return the tape.
- 断つ☆【たつ】絶つ☆・斷つold Inflection
godan ~つ verb / transitive:
- to sever; to cut off
- to suppress; to eradicate; to exterminate
- to abstain (from); to give up
真の科学は我々に疑うことを、そして無知を断つことを教える。 True science teaches us to doubt and to abstain from ignorance.
- 断ち切る☆【たちきる】断切る・截ち切る・裁ち切る・絶ちきる Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.)
- to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to overcome (habit, addiction) ［断ち切る・断切る］
- to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.); to disconnect ［断ち切る・断切る］
あのグループとの関係は断ち切るべきだ。 You should cut off your connections with that group.
- 断絶☆【だんぜつ】 Inflection
noun / ~の noun:
- extinction; discontinuation; interruption
noun:
- severance; rupture
~する noun:
- to become extinct; to cease to exist
- to sever; to break off; to divide (between two things)
彼らの間には世代の断絶がある。 There is a generation gap between them.
その国は米国との外交関係を断絶した。 That country broke off diplomatic relations with the United States.
- 縁を切る【えんをきる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
- 肉を切らせて骨を断つ【にくをきらせてほねをたつ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~つ verb:
- to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone [literal] - idiom
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