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吹っ切る (ふっきる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

吹ふっ切きる

ふ

っ

き

る

Meanings

1

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

get over; forget; put behind one

Used for overcoming negative feelings, worries, or past events. Often implies a deliberate mental shift.

失しつ恋れんの痛いたみを吹ふっ切きるのに時じ間かんがかかった。
It took time to get over the pain of the broken heart.

過か

去こ

の

失しっ

敗ぱい

を

吹ふ

っ

切き

っ

て

、

新あたら

しい

仕し

事ごと

に

挑ちょう

戦せん

し

た

。

I put my past failures behind me and took on a new job.

Written forms

吹ふっ切きるUsage70%
Standard kanji spelling.
ふっきるUsage30%
ふっ切きる
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, common in casual writing.

Kanji

吹blow, breathe, puff
切cut, cutoff, be sharp

Similar words

吹ふっ切きれる
Intransitive counterpart: 'to be cleared away' or 'to be gotten over', often used for feelings or worries that naturally dissipate.
忘わすれる
General 'to forget'; 吹っ切る emphasizes actively overcoming and moving on rather than simply forgetting.

Etymology

Compound of 吹く (fuku, 'to blow') in its emphatic form 吹っ (fu') + 切る (kiru, 'to cut'). Literally 'to blow and cut off', metaphorically 'to clear away' or 'to sever' negative feelings.