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Learn Hardcore Japanese: kireru - to cut well; to be sharp

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 48
/kireru

kireru

Word

切きれるkireru

Meaning

to cut well; to be sharp

Part of speech

group 2, verb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of kireru

肉にく　を　切きる　とき　は、　よく　切きれる　ナイフ　を　使つかいます。niku o kiru toki wa, yoku kireru naifu o tsukaimasu.

When I cut meat, I use a sharp knife.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

この　包丁ほうちょう　は　古ふるい　です　が、　まだ　よく　切きれます。kono houchou wa furui desu ga, mada yoku kiremasu.

This kitchen knife is old, but it still cuts well.

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