切れる (きれる) : cut well; be sharpened — JLPT N3

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THE WORD · N3

切れるきれる

cut well; be sharpened

Verbe · Assistant · Group 2 verb

このはさみは良よく切きれない。

These scissors don't cut well.

Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: \N · French : fucongcong

Parts of speech

Group 2 verb (ichidan) · Intransitive · Auxiliary verb

The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.

Verb group: Group 2 (ichidan)

Verb usage: intransit

English dictionary meanings

to break
to snap
to be cut
to split
to crack
to be injured
to wear out
to be worn out
to burst
to collapse
to wear off
to stop working
to go dead
to expire (time limit, etc.)
to run out
to become due
to run out (of stock, etc.)
to be exhausted
to be used up
to be sold out
to be out of
to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship)
to break up
to have severed ties
to be cut off
to be disconnected
to cut well
to be sharp
to be sharp-minded
to be keen
to be shrewd
to be quick-witted
to be able
to be short of
to drop under (a certain figure)
to beat (e.g. a record time)
to dry off
to curve
to veer
to shuffle (cards)
to get angry
to blow one's top
to lose one's temper
to flip
to be able to do completely

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切れるきれる

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