切れる

Meaning

1. v1vi
   to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack
2. v1vi
   to be injured
3. v1vi
   to wear out; to be worn out
4. v1vi
   to break; to burst; to collapse
5. v1vi
   to wear off; to stop working; to go dead
6. v1vi
   to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due
7. v1vi
   to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of
8. v1vi
   to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected
9. v1vi
   to cut well; to be sharp
10. v1vi
    to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able
11. v1vi
    to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time)
12. v1vi
    to dry off
13. v1vi
    to curve; to veer
14. v1vi
    to shuffle (cards)
15. v1vi
    to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
16. aux-vv1
    to be able to do completely

Example sentences

• PC内部のタイマー用ボタン電池が切れた。

  The button battery in the PC's internal timer has gone flat.

• え？トナーが切れてるんですか？仕方ないですね。加藤さん、すみませんが職員室に取りに行って下さい。

  Eh? Have we run out of toner? Oh well, sorry, but can you go the staff-room and get some, Katou?

• 「どーした、もじもじして」「あーいや、何かパンツのゴム切れちゃったみたいで」

  "What's up? Fidgeting like that" "Er, well, it looks like the elastic's gone in my pants."