Definition of きっこない
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(v5r, vt) to reel; to wind; to spin (thread)
それがいつだったか日を繰って確かめた。
I counted the days to see when it had happened. - to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to leaf through (a book); to consult (a dictionary); to refer to (an encyclopedia)
- to count (e.g. the days)
- to open one-by-one; to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)
- (v5r) to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
- (suf, v5r, vt) to cut (usu. to cut through)
- to sever (connections, ties)
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to turn off (i.e. the light)
エアコンを切ってもかまいませんか。
Do you mind if I turn off the AC? -
to terminate (i.e. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect
「スミスさんをお願いしたいのですが」「そのまま切らずにお待ちください」
"May I speak to Mr Smith?" "Will you hold the line?" - to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub)
- to open (something sealed)
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to start
転職も引っ越しもして、心機一転、新たなスタートを切った。
I quit my job and moved so I could start off with a clean slate. - to set (a limit)
- to reduce; to decrease; to discount
- to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry (or drain)
- to cross
- to do (something noticeable)
- to turn (a vehicle)
- to cut (the ball)
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to shuffle (cards)
トランプをよく切ってください。
Please shuffle the cards carefully. - to trump
- (in Go) to isolate (an opponent's stone)
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(suf, v5r) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to finish; to complete
ハリーはなんとかその川を泳ぎきった。
Harry managed to swim across the river.
- (adj-i) dead
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(adj-i) nonexistent; not being (there)
２つの意見に大した差はない。
There is not much difference between the two opinions. - unpossessed; unowned; not had
- unique
- indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility
- (aux-adj) (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective) not ...
- (after the -te form of a verb) to not be...; to have not ...
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(vk, vi, aux-v) to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
１０時までに来ます。
I'll come by 10. -
to come back; to do ... and come back
私の父は私に、ぜひそこを見てくるようにといった。
My father insisted that I should go to see the place. - to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue
- (vk, vi) to come from; to be caused by; to derive from
- to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")
- (v5r) to cut; to prune; to trim (branches, leaves, flowers, etc.)
- (n) rickets
- someone suffering from rickets
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(suf) inside; within
収入内で生活をするようにしなさい。
Try to live within your income.
- (v5r) to cut (e.g. cloth)
- (n) pivot hinge (using extensions on the top & bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame)
- sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
Words related to きっこない
- (exp) can never be able to
