きれる・切れるkireru[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack
   二人ふたりの子供こどもは綱つなが切きれるまで引っ張ひっぱりあった。↗

   The two children pulled at the rope until it broke.
2. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be injured
3. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto wear out; to be worn out
4. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto break; to burst; to collapse
5. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto wear off; to stop working; to go dead
6. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due
7. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of
   ガソリンが切きれかかっている。↗

   We're running out of gas.
8. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected
9. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto cut well; to be sharp
   このはさみは良よく切きれない。↗

   These scissors don't cut well.
10. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able
11. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time)
    １００メートル、１０秒びょう切きれる？↗

    Will they break the ten-second mark in the hundred-metre race?
12. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto dry off
13. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto curve; to veer
14. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto shuffle (cards)
15. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
    あいつは、とうとう切きれた。↗

    Finally, he lost his temper.
16. auxiliary verb, ichidan verbto be able to do completelyafter the -masu stem of a verb
    この氷こおりは薄うすすぎて君きみの体からだを支ささえきれないだろう。↗

    This ice is too thin to bear your weight.

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

• Synonym折れるおれるNeutralFor long thin things snapping under force, as in 「枝が折れる」; it can also mean giving in. 「切れる」 usually means being cut or running out.
• Synonym破れるやぶれるNeutralUsed when thin flat things like cloth or paper tear, as in 「服が破れる」; it can also mean a dream falling through. 「切れる」 covers cutting and running out.
• Synonym尽きるつきるNeutralMeans being used up or exhausted, as in 「力が尽きる」「時間が尽きる」; close to 「切れる」 in the run-out sense, but expiry is 「期限が切れる」.
• Related割れるわれるNeutralFor hard things shattering into pieces, as in 「ガラスが割れる」; it also means opinions splitting. 「切れる」 suggests being cut or severed.
• Related折損せっそんWrittenA written/formal term for parts or fixtures snapping and breaking; found mainly in technical reports. In everyday speech use 「折れる」.
• AntonymつながるNeutralThe opposite of 「切れる」 for connections: it means being linked or getting through, as when a phone call 「繋がる」 instead of 「切れる」.
• Antonym続くつづくNeutralMeans continuing without a break, the opposite of 「切れる」 when something is interrupted or cut off.

Use 「切れる」 for things being cut or severed and for supplies running out or expiring. Pick 「折れる」 for thin things snapping, 「破れる」 for cloth or paper tearing, 「割れる」 for hard things shattering, and 「尽きる」 for being used up. 「繋がる」 and 「続く」 are antonyms.

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

1. 物ものが力ちからを加くわえられて分わかれたり壊こわれたりする。
2. 貯蔵ちょぞうしておいたものが、使つかったり売うったりしてなくなったり不足ふそくしたりする。
3. 物事ものごとをてきぱきとこなす能力のうりょくがある。敏腕びんわんだ。
4. 投なげたボールなどがよく曲まがる。
5. 曲まがってそれる。
6. 立腹りっぷくする。
7. 期限きげんなどが終おわりになる。
8. 途中とちゅうでなくなる。とだえる。とぎれる。
9. (補助ほじょ動詞どうし) （動詞どうしの連用形れんようけいについて）完全かんぜんに～できる。