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切れ きれ N3

  1. piece; scrap; slice; strip
  2. cloth
  3. sharpness
  4. agility
  5. counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

切れ ぎれ

  1. completely using up ...; exhausting ...; running out of ...

切れる きれる N3

  1. to be cut; to break; to crack; to snap; to split
  2. to be injured
  3. to be worn out; to wear out
  4. to break; to burst; to collapse
  5. to go dead; to stop working; to wear off
  6. to become due; to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out
  7. to be exhausted; to be out of; to be sold out; to be used up; to run out (of stock, etc.)
  8. to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to be cut off; to be disconnected; to break up; to have severed ties
  9. to be sharp; to cut well
  10. to be able; to be keen; to be quick-witted; to be sharp-minded; to be shrewd
  11. to be short of; to beat (e.g. a record time); to drop under (a certain figure)
  12. to dry off
  13. to curve; to veer
  14. to shuffle (cards)
  15. to blow one's top; to flip; to get angry; to lose one's temper; to snap
  16. to be able to do completely

切れ目 きれめ N1

  1. break; gap; rift
  2. interruption; interval; pause
  3. cut; incision; notch; score
  4. end

切れ味 きれあじ

  1. cutting ability; sharpness
  2. incisiveness; quickness (of wit); skill; technical proficiency
  3. peppiness (of a ball)

切れが悪い きれがわるい

  1. dull (blunt); thick; viscous

切れっ処 きれっと

  1. gap (in a mountain ridge)

切れっ端 きれっぱし

  1. cut end; cut-off piece; scraps

切れない きれない

  1. cannot completely ... (because it is excessive)

切れの帽子 きれのぼうし

  1. cloth hat
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