JLPT N3 · Verb

切れる (kireru)

切れる (きれる, kireru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to break; to snap”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: きれる
Romaji: kireru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack · ichidan verb, intransitive
to be injured · ichidan verb, intransitive
to wear out; to be worn out · ichidan verb, intransitive
to break; to burst; to collapse · ichidan verb, intransitive
to wear off; to stop working; to go dead · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

二人の子供は綱が切れるまで引っ張りあった。

The two children pulled at the rope until it broke.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 切れる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	切れる	きれる kireru
Polite (~masu)	切れます	きれます kiremasu
Negative	切れない	きれない kirenai
Polite negative	切れません	きれません kiremasen
Past	切れた	きれた kireta
Polite past	切れました	きれました kiremashita
Negative past	切れなかった	きれなかった kirenakatta
Te-form	切れて	きれて kirete
Potential	切れられる	きれられる kirerareru
Passive	切れられる	きれられる kirerareru
Causative	切れさせる	きれさせる kiresaseru
Volitional	切れよう	きれよう kireyou
Imperative	切れろ	きれろ kirero
Conditional (~ba)	切れれば	きれれば kirereba

Kanji in 切れる

切

cut, cutoff, be sharpセツ・サイ・き.る・-き.る · 4 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 切れる.

切手きってstamp (postage)切符きっぷticket切るきるto cut大切たいせつimportant親切しんせつkind切れきれpiece切りきりend適切てきせつappropriate裏切るうらぎるto betray横切るよこぎるto cross (e.g. road)締切しめきりdeadline踏切ふみきりrailway crossing区切るくぎるto divide売り切れうりきれsold-out

Source: JMdict entry 1384860 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.