切り出す · godan verb (-su)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 切り出す | 切り出さない |
| Polite | 切り出します | 切り出しません |
| Past polite | 切り出しました | 切り出しませんでした |
| Past | 切り出した | 切り出さなかった |
| Te-form | 切り出して | 切り出さないで |
| Desire | 切り出したい | 切り出したくない |
| Potential | 切り出せる | 切り出せない |
| Passive | 切り出される | 切り出されない |
| Causative | 切り出させる | 切り出させない |
| Causative passive | 切り出させられる | 切り出させられない |
| Volitional | 切り出そう | |
| Polite volitional | 切り出しましょう | |
| Imperative | 切り出せ | 切り出すな |
| Conditional | 切り出せば | 切り出さなければ |
| Tara conditional | 切り出したら | 切り出さなかったら |
godan verb (-su), transitive verb
quarry; cut and extract; hew
Used for extracting stone, timber, or other natural resources by cutting. The variant 伐り出す is specific to felling trees.
They quarry stone from the mountain.
森林から木材を切り出す作業は重労働だ。
The work of cutting and extracting timber from the forest is heavy labor.
godan verb (-su), transitive verb
broach a topic; break the ice; begin to talk
Used when someone initiates a conversation or brings up a subject, often one that is delicate or has been avoided. Common in social and business contexts.
彼は思い切って本題を切り出した。
He finally broached the main subject.
どうやってその話を切り出そうか迷っている。
I'm wondering how to bring up that topic.
godan verb (-su), transitive verb
start a fire (by friction or striking)
Refers to traditional fire-starting methods such as using a flint or rubbing sticks together. The variant 鑽り出す is specific to this sense. Rare in modern daily life.
昔の人は火打ち石で火を切り出した。
People in the old days started a fire with a flint.
godan verb (-su), transitive verb
extract a segment; splice out
Used in media editing to select and cut out a portion from a file, such as a video clip or audio sample.
動画から必要な部分だけを切り出す。
Extract only the necessary part from the video.
They quarry marble from the mountain.
She broached the subject of marriage with her parents.
They splice out just the necessary scene from the video.