思い切る
思い切る · godan verb (-ru)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 思い切る | 思い切らない |
| Polite | 思い切ります | 思い切りません |
| Past polite | 思い切りました | 思い切りませんでした |
| Past | 思い切った | 思い切らなかった |
| Te-form | 思い切って | 思い切らないで |
| Desire | 思い切りたい | 思い切りたくない |
| Potential | 思い切れる | 思い切れない |
| Passive | 思い切られる | 思い切られない |
| Causative | 思い切らせる | 思い切らせない |
| Causative passive | 思い切らせられるalso 思い切らされる | 思い切らせられないalso 思い切らされない |
| Volitional | 思い切ろう | |
| Polite volitional | 思い切りましょう | |
| Imperative | 思い切れ | 思い切るな |
| Conditional | 思い切れば | 思い切らなければ |
| Tara conditional | 思い切ったら | 思い切らなかったら |
Meanings
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
give up on; abandon; despair of
Transitive use with を: to cut off lingering thoughts, hopes, or attachment. In modern everyday wording, 諦める is often more general; 思い切る in this sense is common in forms such as 思い切れない.
I just can't get over her.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
make up one's mind; decide; take the plunge
Intransitive use: to overcome hesitation and decide to act. Very often appears as 思い切って before the action, meaning that the person acts decisively or takes the plunge.
After much hesitation, I took the plunge and changed jobs.
Now that we've come this far, we have no choice but to make up our minds.
Usage patterns
- 〈事〉を思い切るto give up on/abandon something (a hope, attachment, etc.)
He couldn't bring himself to give up his old love.
- 思い切って〈動詞〉to do something decisively, taking the plunge
He took the plunge and tried a new job.
- 〈事〉を思い切れないunable to let go of something
He can't easily let go of his past failure.
- 思い切った〈物〉bold, drastic (used to describe an action or decision)
She made a bold decision.