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切れ

切れ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2

Noun

切れ (hiragana きれ, romaji kire)

  1. sharpness, cutting quality
  2. cloth
  3. piece, bit, strip, slice

Derived terms

  • 切れ味, 切味 (kireaji): sharpness, the feel of a cutting edge
  • 切れ屋 (kireya): dry goods store
  • 切れ屑 (kirekuzu): cloth scraps
  • 切れ地, 切地 (kireji): cloth, fabric
  • 切れ切れ (kiregire): pieces, scraps
  • 切れ切れの (kiregire no): fragmentary, intermittent
  • 切れが悪い (kire ga nai): thick, dull, viscous
  • 切れの帽子 (kire no bōshi): cloth hat
  • 木切れ (kigire): a piece of wood
  • 小切れ (kogire): small piece
  • 細切れ (komagire): small pieces
  • 共切れ (tomogire): same cloth, spare cloth
  • 布切れ (nunogire): piece of cloth
  • 歯切れ (hagire): the feel when biting
  • 古切れ (furugire): old cloth, old rags
  • 継ぎ切れ; 継切れ (tsugigire): patch
  • 寄せ切れ (yosegire): patchwork
  • ぼろ切れ, 襤褸切れ, 襤褸切 (borokire): old rag
  • 歯切れの良い (hagire no yoi): crisp, staccato
  • 小股が切れ上がる (komata ga kireagaru): be slender and smartly shaped
  • 小股の切れ上がったいい女 (komata no kireagatta ii onna): slender and smartly shaped woman

Counter

切れ (hiragana きれ, romaji -kire)

  1. strips or slices

Derived terms

  • 一切れ, 1切れ (hitokire): slice, small piece
  • 半切れ (hankire): half a piece
  • 二切れのパン (futakire no pan): two slices of bread
  • ケーキ一切れ (kēki hitokire): a piece of cake

Suffix

切れ (hiragana ぎれ, romaji -gire)

  1. expiration of, depletion of

Derived terms

  • 品切れ (shina-gire): out of stock
  • 種切れ (tane-gire): run out of
  • 電池切れ (denchigire): flat battery
  • 幕切れ (maku-gire): fall of the curtain
  • 種切れになる (tane-gire ni naru): be out of resources
  • 期限切れ (kigen-gire): expiration of a term
  • 在庫切れ (zaiko-gire): out of stock
  • 時間切れ (jikan-gire): being out of time
  • 燃料切れ (nenryō-gire): out of fuel
  • 期限切れ検査 (kigen-gire kensa): (comp) expiration check
  • リンク切れ (rinku-gire): dead link

Related terms

  • 裂れ (-gire): split