乗のり切きる

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

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

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He rode his bicycle across the river.

2

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.

3

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.

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%

Kanji

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

Similar words

乗のり越こえる
乗り越える also means 'to overcome', but it emphasizes climbing over or surmounting an obstacle, while 乗り切る focuses on riding through or enduring a difficult period.
切きり抜ぬける
切り抜ける means 'to cut one's way out' or 'to get through a tight spot', often implying a more active escape from a predicament, whereas 乗り切る suggests steady endurance.

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.