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〜切きる

きるkiruN2neutral

write + finish doing completely

kaki kiru

finish doing completely; do all the way through — nothing left over

meaning: write all the way through

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  • 書かく
  • 〜切きる
  • 書かき切きる

この本ほん、一晩ひとばんで書かき切きる。

kono hon, hitoban de kaki kiru.

I write all the way through this book in one night. casual

量りょう多おおすぎて、正直しょうじき食たべきれなかった。

ryou oosugite, shoujiki tabekirenakatta.

Honestly, there was too much and I couldn't finish it all. casual

Same meaning2

finish doing; do all the way through

All examples3

do all the way through — carried to the very end, nothing left

  1. この本ほん、一晩ひとばんで読よみ切きった。

    kono hon, hitoban de yomikitta.

    I read all the way through this book in one night. casual

  2. 量りょう多おおすぎて、正直しょうじき食たべきれなかった。

    ryou oosugite, shoujiki tabekirenakatta.

    Honestly, there was too much and I couldn't finish it all. casual

  3. 弊社へいしゃは本ほん年度ねんどの計画けいかくを予定よてい通どおりやり切きりました。

    heisha wa hon nendo no keikaku o yotei doori yarikirimashita.

    Our company carried this fiscal year's plan through to completion, exactly as scheduled. formal

How it's formed1

All forms5

  • 切きれるkirerualternant

    書かき切きれる

    the "can finish it all" form (食たべ切きれる). In 売うり切きれる it has become one word, "sell out".

  • negative切きらないkiranai

    書かき切きらない

  • past切きったkitta

    書かき切きった

  • polite切きりますkirimasu

    書かき切きります

  • potential negative切きれないkirenai

    書かき切きれない

Notes

切きれない is the everyday form (食たべきれない). After a ます-stem 切きる never means "cut" (書かき切きる is only "finish writing").