手を切る

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

From (te, hand) + (o, particle marking the direct object) + 切る (kiru, to cut).[1] Literally meaning “to cut hands”.

Pronunciation

Verb

手を切る (godan conjugation, hiragana てをきる, rōmaji te o kiru)

  1. (idiomatic) to cut off a relationship, to break up with someone, to be through with someone
     (わたし)はあの (おとこ)とは () ()った
    Watashi wa ano otoko to wa te o kitta.
    I am through with him. / I broke up with him.

Conjugation

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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