踏ふみ切きる

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踏み切る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	踏ふみ切きる	踏ふみ切きらない
Polite	踏ふみ切きります	踏ふみ切きりません
Past polite	踏ふみ切きりました	踏ふみ切きりませんでした
Past	踏ふみ切きった	踏ふみ切きらなかった
Te-form	踏ふみ切きって	踏ふみ切きらないで
Desire	踏ふみ切きりたい	踏ふみ切きりたくない
Potential	踏ふみ切きれる	踏ふみ切きれない
Passive	踏ふみ切きられる	踏ふみ切きられない
Causative	踏ふみ切きらせる	踏ふみ切きらせない
Causative passive	踏ふみ切きらせられるalso 踏ふみ切きらされる	踏ふみ切きらせられないalso 踏ふみ切きらされない
Volitional	踏ふみ切きろう
Polite volitional	踏ふみ切きりましょう
Imperative	踏ふみ切きれ	踏ふみ切きるな
Conditional	踏ふみ切きれば	踏ふみ切きらなければ
Tara conditional	踏ふみ切きったら	踏ふみ切きらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

take off; jump; leap

Physical action of pushing off from a surface to jump or leap, often with a strong forward or upward motion. Used in sports like long jump, high jump, or diving.

走はしり幅はば跳とびで、彼かれは力ちから強づよく踏ふみ切きった。
In the long jump, he took off powerfully.
高たかい跳とび箱ばこを跳とぶには、しっかり踏ふみ切きることが大たい切せつだ。
To jump over a high vaulting box, it's important to take off firmly.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

take the plunge; decide; embark on

Metaphorical use: to resolve to do something after hesitation, or to start a new venture. Often used with 決心して or 思い切って.

彼かれは長なが年ねん勤つとめた会かい社しゃを辞やめて、独どく立りつに踏ふみ切きった。
He took the plunge and quit the company he'd worked at for years to go independent.
政せい府ふは増ぞう税ぜいに踏ふみ切きる決けつ断だんを下くだした。
The government made the decision to go ahead with a tax increase.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

step out of the ring

sumo

Sumo term: when a wrestler steps or is forced out of the dohyō (ring), resulting in a loss. Often used in the passive or causative form.

横よこ綱づなは寄より切きられて土ど俵ひょうを踏ふみ切きった。
The yokozuna was forced out and stepped out of the ring.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に踏ふみ切きるto finally decide to go ahead with something bold
政せい府ふは増ぞう税ぜいに踏ふみ切きった。
The government finally decided to go ahead with the tax increase.
〈場ば所しょ〉で踏ふみ切きるto push off from a spot in order to jump
選せん手しゅは踏ふみ切きり板ばんで力ちから強づよく踏ふみ切きった。
The athlete pushed off powerfully from the takeoff board.
土ど俵ひょうを踏ふみ切きるto step out of the sumo ring (and lose the match)
力りき士しは勢いきおいあまって土ど俵ひょうを踏ふみ切きってしまった。
The wrestler's momentum carried him right out of the ring.

Kanji

踏step, trample, carry through
切cut, cutoff, be sharp

Related words

決けつ断だんN1sense 2
決断する is a neutral word for making a decision, while 踏み切る stresses finally overcoming hesitation to act.
飛とび込こむN3sense 1
飛び込む describes diving or jumping into a place or situation, while 踏み切る emphasizes the push-off moment right before the jump.
決けつ意いN2sense 2
決意する focuses on forming a firm resolve internally, whereas 踏み切る highlights the moment of actually committing to action.
思おもい切きるN3sense 2
思い切る means to give up hesitating and make up one's mind, closely paired with 踏み切る which describes the resulting decisive step.

Opposites

躊ちゅう躇ちょN1sense 2
躊躇する means to hesitate and hold back, the opposite of 踏み切る which means to finally overcome hesitation and act.
ためらうN2
踏み切る means to make a decisive move or take the plunge, the opposite of the hesitant pause described by ためらう.

Don't confuse with

踏ふみ出だすN1sense 2
踏み出す means to take a first step forward into something new, while 踏み切る specifically means to make the decisive, often bold, commitment after hesitation.
踏ふみ込こむN1sense 1
踏み込む means to step or plunge into a place or matter, whereas 踏み切る means to push off the ground to jump or to commit to a decision.

Built from

踏ふむ+切きる

Written forms

踏ふみ切きるUsage91%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
踏ふみ切きるUsage5%
Variant spelling without okurigana み; less common but still encountered.
ふみきるUsage4%

Etymology

Compound of 踏み (fumi, 'stepping', continuative form of 踏む) + 切る (kiru, 'to cut' or 'to do decisively'). The literal meaning of 'cutting off with a step' evolved into 'pushing off' and then metaphorically into 'making a decisive move'.