Vocab Info

A2 Godan verb with 'ru' ending

()to cut, to prune, to trim (branches, leaves, flowers, etc.)

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending

      1.

      to cut, to prune, to trim (branches, leaves, flowers, etc.)

    All Forms

    剪る 【きる】

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    Examples

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      庭師(にわし)(にわ)(えだ)()っています。

      The gardener is trimming the branches in the garden.

      • N1

      花屋(はなや)さんの店員(てんいん)さんが(はな)()っています。

      The clerk at the flower shop is trimming the flowers.

      • N1

      (えだ)(いっ)(ぽん)(なが)()びてしまったので(みじか)()りました。

      Since one branch had grown too long, I cut it shorter.

      • N1

      ()(ひと)(ひと)()っているその庭師(にわし)仕事(しごと)はとても(こま)かいです。

      The work of the gardener who is trimming each leaf one by one is very meticulous.

      • N1

      私有地(しゆうち)から()()てしまった(えだ)をしぶしぶ()ることにしました。

      I reluctantly decided to trim the branch that had sprung out from my private property.

      • N1
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