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切れる (きれる): to cut well, to be sharp; to break (off) — Japanese vocabulary

切れる is read きれる and means "to cut well, to be sharp; to break (off)". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

切れる

Reading
きれる · kireru
Translation
to cut well, to be sharp; to break (off)
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
きれるが

Example

このはさみは良く切れない。

このはさみはよくきれない。

These scissors don't cut well.

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