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N2

~切る

To do something completely or thoroughly.

At a glance

~切きる means doing something completely, to the very end, so that nothing is left. It can also show that a state is extreme, as in "completely exhausted."

Verb stem (ます-stem) + 切る

ケーキを全部ぜんぶ食たべ切きりました。 I ate the whole cake.


How to form it

Take the ます-stem of the verb and add 切きる:

Verb group Dictionary form Stem + 切る
う-verb 読よむ 読よみ 読よみ切きる
る-verb 食たべる 食たべ 食たべ切きる
する-verb 説明せつめいする 説明せつめいし 説明せつめいしきれない

With する-verbs, the negative potential form (しきれない) is the most common. 来くる is not normally used with 切る.

切きる is a Godan (う-verb), even though it ends in -iru. It conjugates like this:

Form Polite Casual
Present 食たべ切きります 食たべ切きる
Negative 食たべ切きりません 食たべ切きらない
Past 食たべ切きりました 食たべ切きった
Can't (all) 食たべ切きれません 食たべ切きれない

Examples

  • このマラソンを最後さいごまで走はしり切きるつもりだ。

    I intend to run this marathon all the way to the end.

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