キレる

Japanese

Etymology

eye dialect spelling of 切れる (kireru): to snap, to break

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [kìréꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲiɾe̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

キレる • (kireruintransitive ichidan (stem キレ (kire), past キレた (kireta))

  1. (colloquial) to get angry, to snap, to blow one's top, to lose one's temper, to flip

Conjugation

Conjugation of "キレる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") キレ kire
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") キレ kire
Shūshikei ("terminal") キレる kireru
Rentaikei ("attributive") キレる kireru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") キレれ kirere
Meireikei ("imperative") キレよ¹
キレろ²
kireyo¹
kirero²
Key constructions
Passive キレられる kirerareru
Causative キレさせる
キレさす
kiresaseru
kiresasu
Potential キレられる
キレれる³
kirerareru
kirereru³
Volitional キレよう kireyō
Negative キレない
キレぬ
キレん
kirenai
kirenu
kiren
Negative continuative キレず kirezu
Formal キレます kiremasu
Perfective キレた kireta
Conjunctive キレて kirete
Hypothetical conditional キレれば kirereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN