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割り切れない

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
割 切
わ
Grade: 6 		き
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Negative of 割り切れる; from 割る (waru, "divide") + 切る (kiru, "do completely") + えない (enai, "cannot be done")

Verb

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割(わ)り切(き)れない • (warikirenai) 

  1. negative of 割り切れる
    1. (arithmetic) be indivisible
      十(じゅう)は三(さん)では割(わ)り切(き)れない。
      Jū wa san de wa warikirenai.
      Ten is indivisible by three.
      十(じゅう)六(ろく)は奇(き)数(すう)では割(わ)り切(き)れない。
      Jūroku wa kisū de wa warikirenai.
      Sixteen is indivisible by odd numbers.
    2. be insoluble, be inexplicable
      それは理(り)屈(くつ)では割(わ)り切(き)れない。
      Sore wa rikutsu de wa warikirenai.
      This is insoluble by reason.
      冷(れい)戦(せん)構(こう)造(ぞう)では割(わ)り切(き)れないテロ事(じ)件(けん)
      Reisen Kōzō de wa warikirenai tero jiken
      a terrorism inexplicable by the Cold War structure
    3. be unconvincing; (of oneself) feel unconvinced (of a thing)
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