Dictionary🇯🇵 Japanese → 🇺🇸 English
Japanese to English Dictionary

切れる

kireru

Description

「切れる」は、物がきれいに切れる時や、電気や電話がとちゅうで止まる時に使います。

"切れる" is used when something is cut cleanly or when electricity or phone service is interrupted.

人がとても頭がいいという意味や、話し言葉で「おこる」という意味でも使われます。

It also means a person is very smart or, in spoken language, "to get angry."

Meanings

切れるkireru

to be sharp; to cut well

このナイフはよく切れる。

This knife is very sharp.

切れるkireru

to run out; to be used up

牛乳が切れたから買いに行く。

We're out of milk, so I'm going to buy some.

切れるkireru

to snap; to lose one's temper (slang)

彼はすぐに切れる人だ。

He is a person who loses his temper quickly.

Related words

切る切れ味途切れる品切れキレる

Notes

  • Form

    切れる is the intransitive/potential counterpart of transitive 切る (to cut).

  • Nuance

    the slang sense キレる (to snap in anger) is often written in katakana.

Images

Google ImagesBing ImagesGiphy