The Japanese word for to cut is
切る
きる - kiru
Japanese Definition
| cut | |
| 1. 動詞. 他動詞～を切る、切断する。 | |
| 2. 動詞. 自動詞切れる。 | |
| This knife cuts well. | |
| このナイフはよく切れる。 | |
| 3. 名詞. ものを切り分けたときの個々の部分。 | |
| 4. 名詞. 切断。 | |
| 5. 形容詞. （過去分詞形）切断された。 |
Translations for cut and their definitions
| 削減する | |
| 1. to reduce |
| サボる | |
| 1. v. to skip; to play hooky; to be truant | |
| 2. v. to slack off, shirk one's duties |
| 切る | |
| 1. v. (ja-vp, 切る, 切れる) | |
| 2. v. to cut, to slice, to carve | |
| 野菜の切り方 - how to cut vegetables | |
| 3. v. cut down, fell, chop down | |
| 木を切る - to cut down a tree | |
| 4. v. prune, trim, shear | |
| 5. v. cut flat things such as cloth or paper | |
| 紙をきれいに切る - to cut paper nicely | |
| 6. v. cut a person with a sword, cut down, kill | |
| 7. v. separate from the main body, cut off, break away | |
| 8. v. perform an action as if by cutting | |
| 9. v. discontinue an action, cut off, break off, turn off, hang up | |
| 電源を切る - to cut off power → to power off | |
| 電話を切る - to hang up the phone | |
| 10. v. cut or sever connection with | |
| 11. v. cut off or divide by or as if by partition | |
| 12. v. perform an action boldly | |
| 13. v. go under, be less than (numerically) | |
| (synonyms, ja, 下回る, tr=shitamawaru) | |
| 1時間を切る - to be under one hour | |
| 14. v. to remove; to run out | |
| 湯切り - draining of hot water | |
| 髪の水気を切る - to remove the moisture from the hair | |
| 15. suffix. finish, be through | |
| 16. suffix. perform an action thoroughly or decisively |
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