Cut well, be sharp in Japanese 🇯🇵

きれる info.

きれる (kireru)

Tips to Remember:
– Imagine a "k"nife that is sharp and "r"eady to cut.
– The ending "-eru" often indicates potentiality or capability in Japanese, such as when something "can cut well."

Explanations:
– きれる (kireru) means "to be able to cut well" or "to be sharp."
– This verb can be used both for literal cutting (like a knife) and metaphorical cutting (like a sharp wit).

Other Words That Mean the Same Thing:
– 切断する (setsudan suru) – to cut/sever
– 鋭い (surudoi) – sharp (typically used for describing non-physical sharpness, like intelligence)

Conjugations:

1. Present:
– きれる (kireru) – can cut/is sharp

2. Past:
– きれた (kireta) – was able to cut/was sharp

3. Future/Presumptive:
– きれるだろう (kireru darou) – will probably be able to cut/will probably be sharp
– きれるでしょう (kireru deshou) – will probably be able to cut (more polite)

4. Negative:
– きれない (kirenai) – cannot cut/is not sharp

5. Past Negative:
– きれなかった (kirenakatta) – was not able to cut/was not sharp

6. Te-form:
– きれて (kirete) – and is able to cut/and is sharp (used for connecting clauses)

Example Sentences:

1. Present:
– このナイフはよくきれる (kono naifu wa yoku kireru)
– This knife cuts well/is sharp.

2. Past:
– このはさみは以前きれた (kono hasami wa izen kireta)
– These scissors used to cut well.

3. Future/Presumptive:
– このナイフはずっときれるでしょう (kono naifu wa zutto kireru deshou)
– This knife will probably stay sharp.

4. Negative:
– あの包丁はきれない (ano houchou wa kirenai)
– That kitchen knife cannot cut well/is not sharp.

5. Past Negative:
– この刃はきれなかった (kono ha wa kirenakatta)
– This blade was not sharp/did not cut well.

6. Te-form:
– 彼の意見はするどくきれて、説得力があった (kare no iken wa surudoku kirete, settokuryoku ga atta)
– His argument was sharp and persuasive.

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