Synonym Boundary: "切ります", "切る", "きる", "切れる", "割り込む"

When expressing "cut" in Japanese, you must carefully distinguish between "切ります", "切る", "きる", "切れる", "割り込む" based on context.

• 切ります (きります (kirimasu) - Level: N5): Maps to "to cut, to sever" and is used when Transitive verb. Used for cutting with a sharp object, or for ending a phone call..
• 切る (きる (kiru) - Level: N5): Maps to "to cut" and is used when ハサミやナイフなどで物を二つ以上に分けるときに使います。Polite form is 切ります.
• きる (きる (kiru) - Level: N5): Maps to "to cut" and is used when Used for cutting various things.
• 切れる (きれる (kireru) - Level: N3): Maps to "to cut well; to break; to run out; to expire; to be sharp" and is used when Refers to strings/connections breaking, knives cutting well, resources/stocks running out, or contract/warranty terms expiring. Intransitive verb. Opposing word: 切る. Often used as 糸が切れる or 期限が切れる. ⚠️ Haruka's Voice Column: 'To expire! "The warranty of my love for you has no expiration date, Haruka-san! It's permanent!" ...っ! N-No expiration date! B-Baka! That's too cheesy! But... since our love contract is permanent, make sure you never let the love battery run out! Understood?! dummy!' / 【ハルカ部長のワンポイント指導】『きれる（切れる）よ！『ハルカ部長、僕たちの愛の接続（コネクション）は、どんな大地震や通信障害が起きても絶対に切れる（断線する）ことのない強固な絆です！』って…っ！絆が切れない！バカ！/// そんなロマンチックな通信回線を宣言するんじゃないの！…切れないように、毎日あんたの愛のハグで回線のメンテナンスを24時間怠るんじゃないわよ！』.
• 割り込む (わりこむ (warikomu) - Level: N2): Maps to "to cut into (a line), to interrupt, to butt in, to squeeze in" and is used when Implies rudeness or inappropriateness by entering a space, conversation, or line without permission or disrupting the order. Can be literal.

Mixing these up can easily lead to unnatural translations. Refer to the bilingual context cards below to master the boundaries!