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切れる

きれる

to be able to cut, to run out, to expire

Mnemonic

The line gets cut without anybody cutting it and that is the end of the supply. The printer has been warning you for a week and Kieran きれる ignored every one: きれる.

Worth knowing

切る きる is you cutting something. 切れる is a thing running out, expiring or snapping by itself.

Built from

cut
刀 a blade on the right. Everything to the left of it is what the blade goes through.

Words sharing these kanji

to cut important, valuable not at all, absolutely nothing end, place to stop to betray

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