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”).

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

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

  • 裂(ぎ)れ (-gire, “split”)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.