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切り去る (きりさる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
godan verb (-ru)
cut off ; sever ; amputate
Used for physically cutting something away and removing it, often with a sense of finality. Can apply to body parts, branches, or abstract things like relationships.
れ
た
枝えだ
を
切き
り
去さ
る
。
I cut off the dead branches in the garden.
Similar words 切き り 離はな す 切り離す emphasizes separating or detaching something that was connected, while 切り去る focuses on cutting away and removing, often with a sense of discarding.
切せつ 断だん する 切断する is a more formal or technical term for cutting or severing, often used in medical or engineering contexts, whereas 切り去る is more concrete and implies removal.
Etymology Compound of 切る (kiru, 'to cut') and 去る (saru, 'to leave, to go away'), literally 'cut and remove'.
