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元値が切れるもとねがきれるExpressionssell below cost; be below the cost price
ひびが切れるひびがきれるExpressionsget chapped; become chapped (skin)
切っては切れないきってはきれないExpressionsinseparable; cannot be cut apart
切っても切れないきってもきれないExpressionsinseparable; indissoluble; cannot be broken
切れが悪いきれがわるいExpressionsdull; blunt; not sharp
切れ目のないきれめのないExpressionsseamless; unbroken; continuous
堪忍袋の緒が切れるかんにんぶくろのおがきれるExpressionsrun out of patience; snap; lose one's temper
小股の切れ上がったこまたのきれあがったExpressionsslender and stylish; slim and shapely
息が切れるいきがきれるN2Expressionsrun out of breath; be short of breath; lose one's breath · run out of steam; be unable to continue; collapse · die
手が切れるてがきれるExpressionsbreak off a relationship; cut ties with a lover · be sharp enough to cut skin; be crisp and sharp
期限が切れるきげんがきれるExpressionsexpire; pass a deadline; pass an expiration date
歯切れがいいはぎれがいいExpressionscrisp; clear; staccato; piquant
死んでも死に切れぬしんでもしにきれぬExpressionsI can't die and leave things this way
油が切れるあぶらがきれるExpressionsrun out of oil; need lubrication · run out of energy; lose steam
痺れが切れるしびれがきれるExpressionsgo numb; have pins and needles
種切れになるたねぎれになるExpressionsrun out of stock; be out of resources
金の鎖も引けば切れるかねのくさりもひけばきれるExpressionseven the strong-willed fall into temptation · there's nothing you can't do if you set your mind to it
頭が切れるあたまがきれるN1Expressionssharp; keen; clever; on the ball