切れない
きれない
cannot completely ... (because it is excessive)
Meanings
Suffix, I-adjective
cannot completely ... (because it is excessive)
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 切れないきれない | 切れないですきれないです |
| Negative | 切れなくないきれなくない | 切れなくないですきれなくないです |
| Past | 切れなかったきれなかった | 切れなかったですきれなかったです |
| Past negative | 切れなくなかったきれなくなかった | 切れなくなかったですきれなくなかったです |
| Te-form | 切れなくてきれなくて |
|---|---|
| Conditional (ば) | 切れなければきれなければ |
| Conditional (たら) | 切れなかったらきれなかったら |
Example sentences
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The scissors are not sharp.
このハサミ、切れないよ。
The scissors aren't sharp.
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These scissors don't cut well.
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The knife is not sharp.
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This knife won't cut well.
More examples (7)
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This knife is so dull that it can't cut.
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A freshly baked cake doesn't cut easily.
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Our transactions with that firm have continued unbroken since my father's generation.
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Among the divisors of 90, how many numbers are not divisible by 9?
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I can't thank you enough.
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I can't thank you enough.
そうやって俺のことを気にしつつ、しかし素直になりきれない、そのツンデレさが今若い男の間で大ブーム！
That way you keep thinking about me but are unable to admit to your feelings, that hot and cold feel is a real boom among young men!