きる

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of きる – see the following entries.

【切る】

[verb] to cut, to slice, to carve

[verb] cut flat things such as cloth or paper

[verb] separate from the main body, cut off, break away

[verb] perform an action as if by cutting

[verb] cut off or divide by or as if by partition

[verb] perform an action boldly

[verb] go under, be less than (numerically)

[verb] to remove; to run out

[suffix] finish, be through

Alternative spellings
斬る, 伐る, 截る

【斬る】	[verb] Alternative spelling of 切る: to cut [verb] to kill with a sword; to put to the sword; to cut down [verb] to criticize

【着る】	[verb] put on or wear on the upper body or the entire body [verb] take a crime on oneself

(This term, きる (kiru), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as きる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as きる.)