Word Meaning 切れない

きれない kirenai

切れない is read as きれない (kirenai) and means cannot completely ... (because it is excessive).

Meaning

English

  1. cannot completely ... (because it is excessive)

Reading

Kana

きれない

Romaji

kirenai

Writing Variants

  • 切れ無い きれない kirenai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 110762 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

切ない

せつない

oppressive

切ら無い

きらない

not through

切手

きって

stamp (postage)

きり

delivery date (of a futures contract)

切り

きり

delivery date (of a futures contract)

切る

きる

to criticize sharply

切り上げ

きりあげ

revaluation

切らす

きらす

to be out of (e.g. breath)

切れ

きれ

agility

切れる

きれる

to be able to do completely

切り下げ

きりさげ

devaluation (e.g. of currency)

Example Sentences

10

The scissors aren't sharp.

This is above reason.

He earns more money than he can spend.

I have more books than I can read.

There are more stars in the sky than I can count.

There were countless stars in the sky.

There are so many stars in the sky, I can't count them all.

Among the divisors of 90, how many numbers are not divisible by 9?

This time, so I don't run out of things to talk about, I'll write a list on the palm of my hand.

A prime number is a whole number greater than one which is divisible only by itself and the number one.