Japanese
Noun
切れ (hiragana きれ, romaji kire)
- sharpness, cutting quality
- cloth
- piece, bit, strip, slice
Derived terms
- 切れ味, 切味 (kireaji): sharpness, the feel of a cutting edge
- 切れ屋 (kireya): dry goods store
- 切れ屑 (kirekuzu): cloth scraps
- 切れ地, 切地 (kireji): cloth, fabric
- 切れ切れ (kiregire): pieces, scraps
- 切れ切れの (kiregire no): fragmentary, intermittent
- 切れが悪い (kire ga nai): thick, dull, viscous
- 切れの帽子 (kire no bōshi): cloth hat
- 木切れ (kigire): a piece of wood
- 小切れ (kogire): small piece
- 細切れ (komagire): small pieces
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- 共切れ (tomogire): same cloth, spare cloth
- 布切れ (nunogire): piece of cloth
- 歯切れ (hagire): the feel when biting
- 古切れ (furugire): old cloth, old rags
- 継ぎ切れ; 継切れ (tsugigire): patch
- 寄せ切れ (yosegire): patchwork
- ぼろ切れ, 襤褸切れ, 襤褸切 (borokire): old rag
- 歯切れの良い (hagire no yoi): crisp, staccato
- 小股が切れ上がる (komata ga kireagaru): be slender and smartly shaped
- 小股の切れ上がったいい女 (komata no kireagatta ii onna): slender and smartly shaped woman
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Counter
切れ (hiragana きれ, romaji -kire)
- strips or slices
Derived terms
- 一切れ, １切れ (hitokire): slice, small piece
- 半切れ (hankire): half a piece
- 二切れのパン (futakire no pan): two slices of bread
- ケーキ一切れ (kēki hitokire): a piece of cake
Suffix
切れ (hiragana ぎれ, romaji -gire)
- expiration of, depletion of
Derived terms
- 品切れ (shina-gire): out of stock
- 種切れ (tane-gire): run out of
- 電池切れ (denchigire): flat battery
- 幕切れ (maku-gire): fall of the curtain
- 種切れになる (tane-gire ni naru): be out of resources
- 期限切れ (kigen-gire): expiration of a term
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- 在庫切れ (zaiko-gire): out of stock
- 時間切れ (jikan-gire): being out of time
- 燃料切れ (nenryō-gire): out of fuel
- 期限切れ検査 (kigen-gire kensa): (comp) expiration check
- リンク切れ (rinku-gire): dead link
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