How to say "cut" in Japanese

• 切るきるJLPT N5approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbThe verb for the action itself: to cut or cut through something, as when cutting paper, hair, or vegetables; also covers a surgeon performing surgery.
  ２．大根だいこんは拍子ひょうし木きに切きる。↗

  2. Cut the daikon into long sticks.
• カットJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe loanword for a cut or cutting, in contexts such as haircuts and film editing; for the physical act of cutting something, use the verb 切る.
  1/4カットの白菜はくさいを太ふとめの千切せんぎりにザクザク切きる。↗

  Cut the quartered pak-choi into, slightly wide, strips.
• 傷きずJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounA cut in the sense of a wound: an injury or gash in the skin, such as a cut on a finger. It denotes the injury itself, not the act of cutting.
  海水かいすいが傷きずにしみて痛いたいよ。↗

  The seawater stings my cut.
• 削減さくげんJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbA cut in the sense of a reduction or curtailment: cutting costs, staff, or a budget. Nothing is physically cut — this is about reducing amounts or numbers.
  彼女かのじょは支出ししゅつを徐々じょじょに削減さくげんした。↗

  She pared down her expenditures.
• 切り込みきりこみCommon
  nounA noun for a cut or notch made in something — the slit or mark itself, as in a notch cut into wood or slits cut into food.

Use 「切る」 for the act of cutting, 「カット」 for the loanword (haircuts, film cuts), 傷 for a cut in the skin, 削減 for cuts to costs or numbers, and 「切り込み」 for a notch or slit cut into something.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 切るきるto cut
• カットcut
• 傷きずwound
• 削減さくげんcut
• 切り込みきりこみcut
• 刈るかるto cut (grass, hair, etc.)
• 断ち切るたちきるto cut (cloth, paper, etc.)
• 切れ込みきれこみcut
• 縮小しゅくしょうreduction
• 切り出すきりだすto quarry
• 傷口きずぐち(opening of a) wound
• 仕立てしたてtailoring
• 切り身きりみcut
• 切り傷きりきずcut
• 裁つたつto cut (cloth)
• 引き下げひきさげreduction
• 部位ぶいpart (esp. of the body)
• 引き下げるひきさげるto lower (a price, tax, standard, etc.)
• 分け前わけまえshare
• 斬るきるto kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.)
• 切り目きりめcut
• 切り欠くきりかくto cut (out)
• 掻き切るかききるto cut
• 刈かりcut
• 切り割るきりわるto cut (into two or more pieces)
• 切り立てるきりたてるto cut
• 剪るきるto cut
• 截るきるto cut (e.g. cloth)
• 掻っ切るかっきるto cut
• かっさばくto cut
• ちょきちょきsnipping sound
• 削り出すけずりだすto machine
• 創痍そういwound (from an edged weapon)
• 裁ちたちcutting
• 裁ち方たちかたcutting
• 留分りゅうぶんfraction (e.g. in distillation)
• 場面転換ばめんてんかんscene change
• 創傷そうしょうwound
• 割るわるto cut
• 生えるはえるto cut (teeth)
• ピンrake-off
• 切れ目きれめcut
• 摘むつむto snip
• 切り取りきりとりcutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.)
• 切り開くきりひらくto clear (land)
• きりcut