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Cut E.G Tear End Crossing Stop Counter Turn

Kanji
Onyomi セツ、サイ
Kunyomi き.る、-き.る、き.り、-き.り、-ぎ.り、き.れる、-き.れる、き.れ、-き.れ、-ぎ.れ
Nanori きつ, きり, ぎり
English cut, cutoff, be sharp
Examples 締切り(しめきり): (1) deadline; closing; cut-off; end (2) cofferdam (3) closed (door, window, etc.)
踏切り(ふみきり): (1) railway crossing; railroad crossing; train crossing; level crossing (2) starting line; scratch (3) determination (4) stepping over the edge of the ring (in sumo)
大切(たいせつ): important; valuable; worthy of care
切掛(きっかけ): chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus; occasion
一切(いっさい): (1) all; everything; the whole; lock, stock, and barrel (2) absolutely not (with negative); without exception; entirely not
適切(てきせつ): pertinent; appropriate; adequate; relevance
切手(きって): stamp (postage); merchandise certificate
小切手(こぎって): cheque; check
切り(きり): (1) end; finish; stop (2) bounds; limits (3) delivery date (of a futures contract) (4) finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in joruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville) (5) counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat) (6) only; just (7) since (8) remaining (in a particular state)
切符(きっぷ): ticket
切る(きる): (1) to cut (usu. to cut through) (2) to sever (connections, ties) (3) to turn off (i.e. the light) (4) to terminate (i.e. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect (5) to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub) (6) to open (something sealed) (7) to start (8) to set (a limit) (9) to reduce; to decrease; to discount (10) to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry (or drain) (11) to cross (12) to do (something noticeable) (13) to turn (a vehicle) (14) to cut (the ball) (15) to shuffle (cards) (16) to trump (17) (in Go) to isolate (an opponent's stone) (18) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to finish; to complete
切実(せつじつ): compelling; serious; severe; acute; earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; keen; fervent; poignant
親切(しんせつ): kindness; gentleness
裏切る(うらぎる): to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
締め切る(しめきる): to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired)
切り替え(きりかえ): exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
区切り(くぎり): (1) punctuation; pause; juncture (2) end; (place to) stop
打ち切る(うちきる): to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
切れ目(きれめ): break; pause; gap; end; rift; interruption; cut; section; notch; incision; end (of a task)
押し切る(おしきる): (1) to face down the opposition; to overcome resistance; to have one's own way (2) to press and cut
横切る(よこぎる): to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
張り切る(はりきる): to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
途切れる(とぎれる): to pause; to be interrupted
区切る(くぎる): (1) to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to mark off; to cut off (2) to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
切ない(せつない): (1) painful; heartrending; trying (2) oppressive; suffocating; miserable
切れ(きれ): (1) piece; slice; strip; scrap (2) cloth (3) sharpness (4) counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
切れる(きれる): (1) to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack (2) to be injured (3) to wear out; to be worn out (4) to break; to burst; to collapse (5) to wear off; to stop working; to go dead (6) to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due (7) to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of (8) to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected (9) to cut well; to be sharp (10) to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able (11) to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time) (12) to dry off (13) to curve; to veer (14) to shuffle (cards) (15) to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip (16) to be able to do completely
千切る(ちぎる): (1) to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to tear up (2) to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to tear off (3) to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily; to do ... vigorously
売り切れ(うりきれ): sold-out
売り切れる(うりきれる): to be sold out
痛切(つうせつ): keen; acute
仕切る(しきる): (1) to partition; to divide; to mark off; to itemize (2) to direct; to take control; to manage; to take responsibility (3) to settle accounts (4) to toe the mark
切り替える(きりかえる): to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace; to switch over
切開(せっかい): incision; operation; section
持ち切り(もちきり): hot topic; talk of the town
噛み切る(かみきる): to bite off; to gnaw through
出切る(できる): to be out of; to have no more at hand
JLPT Level 4
Jouyou Grade 2
Frequency 324
Components 七: seven
刀: sword; saber; knife
Number of Strokes 4
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 18
Radical Strokes 2
Radical Reading かたな・りっとう
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword cut
Koohii Story 1 The seven samurai used their swords to cut their opponents.
Koohii Story 2 Seven swords cut better than one.

Tags: jlpt.n4, grade2, kanjifreq251-500

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