切れ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
切
き Grade: 2

Etymology

Nominative form of 切(き)れる (kireru, “be cut off, be injured”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きれ [kìréꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [kʲiɾe̞]

Noun

切(き)れ • (kire) 

1. sharpness, cutting quality
2. cloth
3. piece, bit, strip, slice
4. (informal, of movement) sharpness and briskness

   切(き)れがいい、きれきれ、きれっきれ

   kire ga ii, kirekire, kirekkire

   being skilfully sharp and brisk

   体(からだ)の切(き)れがいい

   karada no kire ga ii

   able to move with incredible adroitness

Derived terms

• 切(き)れ味(あじ), 切(きれ)味(あじ) (kireaji, “sharpness, the feel of a cutting edge”)
• 切(き)れ屋(や) (kireya, “dry goods store”)
• 切(き)れ屑(くず) (kirekuzu, “cloth scraps”)
• 切(き)れ地(じ), 切(きれ)地(じ) (kireji, “cloth, fabric”)
• 切(き)れ切(ぎ)れ (kiregire, “pieces, scraps”)
• 切(き)れ切(ぎ)れの (kiregire no, “fragmentary, intermittent”)
• 切(き)れが悪(な)い (kire ga nai, “thick, dull, viscous”)
• 切(き)れの帽(ぼう)子(し) (kire no bōshi, “cloth hat”)
• 木(き)切(ぎ)れ (kigire, “a piece of wood”)
• 小(こ)切(ぎ)れ (kogire, “small piece”)
• 細(こま)切(ぎ)れ (komagire, “small pieces”)
• 共(とも)切(ぎ)れ (tomogire, “same cloth, spare cloth”)
• 布(ぬの)切(ぎ)れ (nunogire, “piece of cloth”)
• 歯(は)切(ぎ)れ (hagire, “the feel when biting”)
• 古(ふる)切(ぎ)れ (furugire, “old cloth, old rags”)
• 継(つ)ぎ切(ぎ)れ, 継(つぎ)切(ぎ)れ (tsugigire, “patch”)
• 寄(よ)せ切(ぎ)れ (yosegire, “patchwork”)
• ぼろ切(き)れ, 襤(ぼ)褸(ろ)切(き)れ, 襤(ぼ)褸(ろ)切(きれ) (borokire, “old rag”)
• 歯(は)切(ぎ)れの良(よ)い (hagire no yoi, “crisp, staccato”)
• 小(こ)股(また)が切(き)れ上(あ)がる (komata ga kireagaru, “be slender and smartly shaped”)
• 小(こ)股(また)の切(き)れ上(あ)がったいい女(おんな) (komata no kireagatta ii onna, “slender and smartly shaped woman”)

Counter

切(き)れ • (-kire) 

1. strips or slices

Derived terms

• 一(ひと)切(き)れ (hitokire, “slice, small piece”)
• 半(はん)切(き)れ (hankire, “half a piece”)
• 二(ふた)切(き)れのパン (futakire no pan, “two slices of bread”)
• ケーキ一(ひと)切(き)れ (kēki hitokire, “a piece of cake”)

Suffix

切(ぎ)れ • (-gire) 

1. expiration of, depletion of

Derived terms

• 品(しな)切(ぎ)れ (shinagire, “out of stock”)
• 種(たね)切(ぎ)れ (tanegire, “run out of”)
• 電(でん)池(ち)切(ぎ)れ (denchigire, “flat battery”)
• 幕(まく)切(ぎ)れ (makugire, “fall of the curtain”)
• 種(たね)切(ぎ)れになる (tanegire ni naru, “be out of resources”)
• 期(き)限(げん)切(ぎ)れ (kigengire, “expiration of a term”)
• 在(ざい)庫(こ)切(ぎ)れ (zaikogire, “out of stock”)
• 時(じ)間(かん)切(ぎ)れ (jikangire, “being out of time”)
• 燃(ねん)料(りょう)切(ぎ)れ (nenryōgire, “out of fuel”)
• 期(き)限(げん)切(ぎ)れ検(けん)査(さ) (kigengire kensa, “expiration check”)
• リンク切(ぎ)れ (rinkugire, “dead link”)

Related terms

• 裂(ぎ)れ (-gire, “split”)