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ぶった切る (ぶったぎる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
chop ; hack off ; cut off forcefully
Emphatic, often violent or decisive cutting; implies a strong, rough motion. Used for physically severing something with force, such as branches, ropes, or limbs.
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I hacked through the annoying rope with a knife.
Written forms ぶった 切ぎ る Usage 66%
Standard kanji-kana spelling; the ぶった prefix is usually written in kana.
ぶった 斬ぎ る Usage 26%
Variant with 斬る, emphasizing a slashing or cutting-down nuance.
ぶったぎる Usage 9%
打ぶ っ 手た 切ぎ る
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
Similar words 切き る Neutral 'to cut'; ぶった切る adds a forceful, rough, or decisive nuance.
斬き る Specifically 'to slash' or 'to cut down' with a blade; ぶった斬る is an emphatic variant of this.
Etymology The prefix ぶった- is an emphatic form of the verb 打つ (utsu, 'to strike'), combined with 切る (kiru, 'to cut'). The exact derivation of the ぶった form is uncertain, but it adds a forceful or violent nuance.
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