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The Japanese word

切れる
is pronounced
kireru | きれる
means
to cut well, to be sharp; to break (off), to snap, to wear out; to be injured; to burst, to collapse; to be disconnected, to be out of, to expire, to sever (connections) with; to be shrewd, to have a sharp mind
Examples:
彼は頭が切れる。
kare wa atama ga kireru.
He is sharp-witted.
油が切れてきたぞ。
abura ga kire te ki ta zo.
Oil is running short.
肉が硬くて切れない。
niku ga kataku te kire nai.
The meat cuts tough.
彼はトランプを上手に切れる。
kare wa toranpu o jōzu ni kireru.
He can cut the cards well.
彼は使い切れない程のお金を稼ぐ。
kare wa tsukai kire nai hodo no okane o kasegu.
He earns more money than he can spend.
彼は使い切れないほどのお金持ちだ。
kare wa tsukai kire nai hodo no o kanemochi da.
He has more money than can be spent.
彼はあんまり速く走ったので息が切れた。
kare wa anmari hayaku hashitta node iki ga kire ta.
He ran so fast that he was out of breath.
PC内部のタイマー用ボタン電池が切れた。
PC naibu no taimā yō botan denchi ga kire ta.
The button battery in the PC's internal timer has gone flat. | The button battery for my computer's timer died.
彼の知事としての任期は来年の一月に切れる。
kare no chiji toshite no ninki wa rainen no ichigatsu ni kireru.
His term of office as governor expires next January.
二人の子供は綱が切れるまで引っ張りあった。
ni nin no kodomo wa tsuna ga kireru made hippari atta.
The two children pulled at the rope until it broke.
戸籍上の縁は切れても、昔日の絆はそのままだ。
koseki jō no en wa kire te mo, sekijitsu no kizuna wa sonomama da.
Our connection may be cut on paper but the bonds of old remain as they were.
彼は頭が切れるでもなく機知に富むわけでもない。
kare wa atama ga kireru de mo naku kichi ni tomu wake de mo nai.
He is not witty or bright.
彼女が病気だと言う可能性を残念ながら捨て切れない。
kanojo ga byōki da to iu kanō sei o zannen nagara sute kire nai.
I'm afraid we can't rule out the possibility that she may have the disease.
彼は彼女と結婚できるという希望を捨て切れなかった。
kare wa kanojo to kekkon dekiru toyū kibō o sute kire nakatta.
He was unable to completely give up on his hopes of marrying her.
９０の約数のうち、９でわり切れない数は何個あるでしょうか。
kyū zero no yakusū no uchi, kyū de wari kire nai kazu wa nan ko aru desho u ka.
Among the divisors of 90, how many numbers are not divisible by 9?
「どーした、もじもじして」「あーいや、何かパンツのゴム切れちゃったみたいで」.
' dō shi ta, mojimoji shi te ' ' ā iya, nani ka pantsu no gomu kire chatta mitai de '
"What's up? Fidgeting like that" "Er, well, it looks like the elastic's gone in my pants.".
クラッチペダルを数回踏むと、なんとかクラッチが切れたので、騙し騙し運転しました。
kuracchi pedaru o sū kai fumu to, nantoka kuracchi ga kire ta node, damashi damashi unten shi mashi ta.
Repeatedly slamming the clutch pedal, I somehow managed to get the clutch disengaged so I could just about drive for the time being.
免許証の有効期間が切れてしまった場合は次の方法で新たな免許証の交付を受けることができる。
menkyo shō no yūkō kikan ga kire te shimatta bāi wa tsugi no hōhō de arata na menkyo shō no kōfu o ukeru koto ga dekiru.
If your licence exceeds its validity period then you can be issued with a new licence in the following way.
え？トナーが切れてるんですか？仕方ないですね。加藤さん、すみませんが職員室に取りに行って下さい。
e? tonā ga kire terun desu ka? shikata nai desu ne. katō san, sumimasen ga shokuin shitsu ni tori ni itte kudasai.
Eh? Have we run out of toner? Oh well, sorry, but can you go the staff-room and get some, Katou?
Examples sourced from tatoeba.org