Expressions 種たね 切ぎ れになる run out of stock; be out of resources Word family· 37 break; pause; interruption; gap
out of stock; sold out
expired; past the deadline; overdue
time running out; being out of time; deadline having passed · time-out; loss or stoppage when time expires
shortness of breath; panting; puffing · running out of steam; losing momentum; loss of efficiency
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small pieces; fragments · chopped meat; meat scraps
texture when biting; crispness; chewiness · clarity of speech; articulation
fall of the curtain; end of an act · end; close; conclusion
be torn off; come off; break off · be torn to pieces; be torn to shreds
really pissed off; seriously angry; losing it for real
old cloth; old rags
small piece of cloth; scrap of fabric
severing of connections; breaking off relations
piece of wood; chip of wood; block of wood
drying up of a riverbed surface
run out of; out of stock; exhausted
scrap of cloth; odds and ends of fabric
bamboo chip; piece of cut bamboo
gap between clouds; break in the clouds
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Etymology Derived from the verb 切る (to cut), with the suffix 切れ indicating the state of being completely cut off or exhausted. The reading ぎれ is a rendaku form of きれ .
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