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出切る (できる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

出で切きる

で

き

る

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Meanings

1

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

run out of; have no more at hand

Used when a supply, stock, or resource is completely used up or exhausted. Often appears in the form 出切ってしまう or 出切った.

材ざい料りょうが出で切きってしまったので、料りょう理りが作つくれない。
I can't cook because I've run out of ingredients.
アイデアが出で切き

っ

たら

、

休きゅう

憩けい

しよう

。

Let's take a break once we've run out of ideas.

Kanji

出exit, leave, go out
切cut, cutoff, be sharp

Similar words

切きらす
切らす also means 'to run out of,' but it is more common in everyday speech and often used in the potential form 切らせない or negative 切らさない. 出切る emphasizes that something has been completely used up or exhausted, often with a nuance of finality.
尽つきる
尽きる is an intransitive verb meaning 'to be exhausted' or 'to run out,' focusing on the state of being depleted. 出切る is transitive and implies an action of using up or exhausting a supply.

Etymology

Compound of 出 (de, 'out') and 切る (kiru, 'to cut' or 'to do completely'). The verb 切る is used as a suffix to indicate doing something thoroughly or to completion, so 出切る literally means 'to take out completely,' hence 'to run out of.'