切る

Japanese

kanjitab
Definitions
  • to cut, to slice, to carve
  • cut down, fell, chop down
  • prune, trim, shear
  • cut flat things such as cloth or paper
  • cut a person with a sword, cut down, kill
  • separate from the main body, cut off, break away
  • perform an action as if by cutting
  • discontinue an action, cut off, break off, turn off, hang up
  • cut or sever connection with
  • cut off or divide by or as if by partition
  • perform an action boldly
  • go under, be less than numerically

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Japonic *kiru.

Origin

Proto-Japonic

*kiru

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