Japanese DictionaryDefinition of きれる
- (v1, vi) to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack
このはさみは良く切れない。
These scissors do not cut well. - to be injured
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. - to wear out; to be worn out
- to break; to burst; to collapse
- to wear off; to stop working; to go dead
ガソリンが切れかかっている。
We're running out of gas. - 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
１００メートル、１０秒切れる？
100 meters, will they break 10 seconds? - to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected
あいつは、とうとう切れた。
Finally, he lost his temper. - to cut well; to be sharp
この氷は薄すぎて君の体を支えきれないだろう。
This ice is too thin to bear your weight. - 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 snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
- (suf, v1) to be able to do completely
