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乗り切る · godan verb (-ru)

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

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

ride across; sail across; weather (a storm)

Literal sense: to ride or sail across a body of water, or to endure rough weather while traveling. Often used for ships or vehicles.

船ふねは荒あら波なみを乗のり切きって港みなとに着ついた。
The ship weathered the rough seas and reached the port.
彼かれは自じ転てん車しゃで川かわを乗のり切きった。
He rode his bicycle across the river.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

get through; overcome; survive

Figurative sense: to endure and overcome difficulties, hardships, or crises. Commonly used with words like 困難, 危機, 試練.

彼かれは多おおくの困こん難なんを乗のり切きって成せい功こうした。
He overcame many difficulties and succeeded.
この危き機きを乗のり切きるために協きょう力りょくが必ひつ要ようだ。
We need to cooperate to get through this crisis.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

load completely; fill up

Intransitive use: to be fully loaded, packed, or filled. Often used for vehicles, shelves, or containers reaching capacity.

車くるまに荷に物もつが乗のり切きらない。
The luggage won't all fit in the car.
本ほん棚だなに本ほんが乗のり切きっている。
The bookshelf is completely filled with books.

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Usage patterns

危き機きを乗のり切きるto get through a crisis
会かい社しゃは資し金きん不ぶ足そくの危き機きを乗のり切きった。
The company got through the crisis of a funding shortage.
困こん難なんを乗のり切きるto overcome hardship
家か族ぞくみんなで支ささえ合あって困こん難なんを乗のり切きった。
The family supported each other and got through the hardship together.
試し練れんを乗のり切きるto make it through a trial/ordeal
彼かれはこの一いち年ねんの試し練れんを乗のり切きった。
He made it through this year's ordeal.
荒あら波なみを乗のり切きるto sail through rough seas
船ふねは荒あら波なみを乗のり切きって港みなとに着ついた。
The ship sailed through the rough waves and reached the port.

Kanji

乗ride, power, multiplication
切cut, cutoff, be sharp

Related words

乗のり越こえるN2sense 2
乗り越える emphasizes climbing over or surmounting a specific obstacle, while 乗り切る stresses enduring through a difficult period until it ends.
切きり抜ぬけるN1sense 2
切り抜ける suggests actively cutting one's way out of a tight spot, whereas 乗り切る implies steady, sustained endurance through the whole ordeal.
克こく服ふくN3sense 2
克服する is a formal word for conquering a specific weakness, illness, or obstacle, while 乗り切る focuses on lasting through a difficult stretch of time.
耐たえるN2sense 2
耐える means simply to endure or bear something without necessarily resolving it, while 乗り切る implies successfully getting all the way through to the other side.

Opposites

挫ざ折せつ sense 2
挫折する means to break down or give up partway through, the opposite of 乗り切る's sense of successfully getting all the way through a hardship.

Don't confuse with

乗のり換かえるN5
乗り換える (to transfer or switch, as trains) looks and sounds similar to 乗り切る but has a completely unrelated meaning of changing vehicles or allegiances.

Built from

乗のる+切きる

Written forms

乗のり切きるUsage88%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news and textbook form.
乗のりきるUsage7%
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; less common but still seen.
のりきるUsage5%

Etymology

Compound of 乗り (continuative form of 乗る 'to ride') + 切る ('to cut; to do completely'). The core meaning is 'to ride through completely', which extended to enduring hardships and, in intransitive use, to being fully loaded.