張はり切きる

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張り切る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	張はり切きる	張はり切きらない
Polite	張はり切きります	張はり切きりません
Past polite	張はり切きりました	張はり切きりませんでした
Past	張はり切きった	張はり切きらなかった
Te-form	張はり切きって	張はり切きらないで
Desire	張はり切きりたい	張はり切きりたくない
Potential	張はり切きれる	張はり切きれない
Passive	張はり切きられる	張はり切きられない
Causative	張はり切きらせる	張はり切きらせない
Causative passive	張はり切きらせられるalso 張はり切きらされる	張はり切きらせられないalso 張はり切きらされない
Volitional	張はり切きろう
Polite volitional	張はり切きりましょう
Imperative	張はり切きれ	張はり切きるな
Conditional	張はり切きれば	張はり切きらなければ
Tara conditional	張はり切きったら	張はり切きらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru)

be enthusiastic; be full of energy; be eager

Describes a person who is highly motivated, spirited, or raring to go. Often used when someone is excited about an upcoming event or task. The literal meaning 'stretch to breaking point' is rare and mostly figurative.

明日あしたの遠えん足そくに、子こどもたちは朝あさから張はり切きっている。
The children have been full of excitement since morning about tomorrow's field trip.
彼かれは新あたらしいプロジェクトに張はり切きって取とり組くんでいる。
He is eagerly working on the new project.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に張はり切きるto be fired up / enthusiastic about something
新あたらしいプロジェクトに張はり切きっている。
I'm really fired up about the new project.
張はり切きって〈動どう詞し〉to do something eagerly/with enthusiasm
母ははは張はり切きって料りょう理りを作つくった。
My mother eagerly made the meal with great enthusiasm.
張はり切きりすぎるto overdo one's enthusiasm
張はり切きりすぎて、次つぎの日ひは疲つかれてしまった。
I got so overexcited that I was exhausted the next day.

Kanji

張counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread
切cut, cutoff, be sharp

Related words

意い気き込ごむN1
意気込む implies a more determined, resolute attitude toward a task, while 張り切る conveys a lighter, more spirited eagerness.
やる気き満まん々まん
やる気満々 is a noun phrase describing a state of being full of motivation, whereas 張り切る is a verb describing the act of becoming energetic and eager.
奮ふるい立たつ
奮い立つ describes being spurred into action, often by an external stimulus, while 張り切る simply describes a spirited, eager mood.
勇いさむ
張り切る is the everyday, casual word for being fired up or enthusiastic, while 勇む carries a slightly more dramatic sense of becoming spirited or emboldened toward action.

Opposites

だれる
だれる means to become listless or lose motivation, the opposite of 張り切る's sense of being full of energy and eagerness.

Word family

大おお張はり切きり
great enthusiasm; high excitement

Built from

張はる+切きる

Written forms

張はり切きるUsage79%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency entry with high priority.
はりきるUsage21%
Kana spelling is common in casual writing and when the literal 'stretch' nuance is not emphasized.

Etymology

Compound of 張る (to stretch, to be tense) and 切る (to cut, to do completely). The combination originally meant 'to stretch to the limit', which developed into the figurative sense of being highly strung or full of energy.