切る

to cut, slice, sever, or chop something with a blade or sharp edge

Etymology

From Old Japanese 切る, a native Japanese verb meaning “to cut.”

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to turn off, switch off, or disconnect a device, power source, or circuit

Etymology

Extended from the sense “to cut,” referring to cutting a flow, connection, or supply.

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to hang up a telephone or end a call, conversation, or connection

Etymology

Extended from “to cut,” meaning to cut off a communication link.

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to go below, fall short of, or break a numerical level or standard

Etymology

Figurative extension of “to cut,” referring to passing across or cutting through a boundary.

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used after the stem of another verb to mean doing something completely or to the end

Etymology

A grammaticalized use of 切る, from the idea of cutting off or finishing completely.

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