切れる
N3きれる kireru
- to cut well
- to be sharp
- to break (off)
ichidan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
锋利;断;用完
Examples
- ガソリンが切れかかっている。We're running out of gas.汽油快用完了。
- このはさみは良く切れない。These scissors don't cut well.这把剪刀不锋利。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('3dcb8b1eaf'); // 切れる
{
"id": "3dcb8b1eaf",
"word": "切れる",
"reading": "きれる",
"romaji": "kireru",
"meanings": [
"to cut well",
"to be sharp",
"to break (off)"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"v1",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1384860,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ガソリンが切れかかっている。",
"furigana": "ガソリンが{切|き}れかかっている。",
"en": "We're running out of gas.",
"tatoeba_id": 226379
},
{
"ja": "このはさみは良く切れない。",
"furigana": "このはさみは{良|よ}く{切|き}れない。",
"en": "These scissors don't cut well.",
"tatoeba_id": 223375
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "6b483a4ca8a9d1652f764e8b7442578e15cc58c5566ec198428070e927f64612",
"meanings": [
"锋利",
"断",
"用完"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ガソリンが切れかかっている。",
"zh": "汽油快用完了。"
},
{
"ja": "このはさみは良く切れない。",
"zh": "这把剪刀不锋利。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/3dcb8b1eaf",
"JMdict ent_seq 1384860; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "4a0d362b316d9193340fac9085e5c33edf9eef5df9aa40cbe7529427a2f9b94b"
}
}