切る
きる
to cut; to hang up (a phone)
Kiru (切る) is a godan verb meaning "to cut". Its polite form is 切ります (kirimasu), its te form is 切って (kitte), its past form is 切った (kitta), and its negative form is 切らない (kiranai).
Godan verbJLPT N5
Kiru (切る) conjugation quick reference
切る means "to cut". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Kiru example sentences
野菜を切ります。
I cut the vegetables.
昨日、指を切りました。
I cut my finger yesterday.
まだ電話を切りません。
I haven't hung up the phone yet.
How to use Kiru: grammar notes
•Use を with 切る to show what is being cut — for example, パンを切る means "cut the bread."
•When talking about hanging up a phone, use 電話を切る — don’t say 電話が切る, which is incorrect.
•Be careful not to confuse 切る (to cut or hang up) with similar-sounding verbs like 着る (きる, to wear)!
•JLPT N5 level
Common phrases with Kiru
電話を切る（でんわをきる）
to hang up the phone
スイッチを切る（スイッチをきる）
to turn off a switch
関係を切る（かんけいをきる）
to cut off a relationship
Kiru (切る) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 切る | kiru |
| Masu Form | 切ります | kirimasu |
| Te Form | 切って | kitte |
| Past Form | 切った | kitta |
| Negative Form | 切らない | kiranai |
| Past Negative | 切らなかった | kiranakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 切ります | kirimasu |
| Polite Past | 切りました | kirimashita |
| Polite Negative | 切りません | kirimasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 切りませんでした | kirimasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 切れる | kireru |
| Passive Form | 切られる | kirareru |
| Causative Form | 切らせる | kiraseru |
| Causative Passive | 切らされる | kirasareru |
| Volitional Form | 切ろう | kirou |
| Imperative Form | 切れ | kire |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 切れば | kireba |
| Conditional (たら) | 切ったら | kittara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 切っている | kitteiru |
| Desire (たい) | 切りたい | kiritai |
| Prohibition | 切るな | kiruna |