割り切れない

Negative of 割り切れる; from 割る (waru, "divide") + 切る (kiru, "do completely") + えない (enai, "cannot be done")

割り切れない (hiragana わりきれない, rōmaji warikirenai)

• negative of 割り切れる

1. (arithmetic) be indivisible

   十 (じゅう)は三 (さん)では割 (わ)り切 (き)れない。

   Jū wa san deha warikirenai.

   Ten is indivisible by three.

   十六 (じゅうろく)は奇 (き)数 (すう)では割 (わ)り切 (き)れない。

   Jūroku wa kisū deha warikirenai.

   Sixteen is indivisible by odd numbers.

2. be insoluble, be inexplicable

   それは理屈 (りくつ)では割 (わ)り切 (き)れない。

   Sore wa rikutsu deha warikirenai.

   This is insoluble by reason.

   冷 (れい)戦 (せん)構 (こう)造 (ぞう)では割 (わ)り切 (き)れないテロ事 (じ)件 (けん)

   reisen kōzō deha warikirenai tero jiken

   a terrorism inexplicable by the Cold War structure

3. (of a thing) be unconvincing; (of oneself) feel unconvinced

• 割 (わ)り切 (き)る (warikiru)
• (insoluble): 不 (ふ)可 (か)解 (かい) (fukakai)