Word Meaning 刈る

かる karu

刈る is read as かる (karu) and means to cut (grass, hair, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. to cut (grass, hair, etc.)
  2. to mow
  3. to clip
  4. to trim
  5. to prune
  6. to shear
  7. to reap
  8. to harvest

Reading

Kana

かる

Romaji

karu

Writing Variants

  • 苅る かる karu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 5 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 6490 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

刈り込む

かりこむ

to prune (a manuscript)

刈り取り

かりとり

harvesting

稲刈り

いねかり

rice reaping

丸刈り

まるがり

buzz cut

草刈り

くさかり

mowing

大内刈

おおうちがり

ouchigari (judo)

五分刈り

ごぶがり

close haircut

大外刈

おおそとがり

osotogari (judo)

Example Sentences

9

あきにむぎをかる。

We reap wheat in the autumn.

ひつじのけをかるきせつだ。

It is the season to shear the sheep.

きかいでしばをかる。

Mow the lawn with a machine.

このかまはくさをかるのにべんりだ。

This sickle is useful for cutting grass.

Mother told me to mow the lawn.

Their job is to shear the sheep.

My neighbor always mows his lawn on Sunday mornings.

In a town with only one barber, who shaves the barber?

Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?