電話を切る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
電	話	切
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Etymology

From 電話 (denwa, “telephone”) + を (o, a grammatical marker following the direct object) + 切る (kiru, “to disconnect, to hang up; to cut”). Literally meaning "to hang up the phone" or to "disconnect or cut the phone".

Verb

電話(でんわ)を切(き)る • (denwa o kiru) godan (stem 電話(でんわ)を切(き)り (denwa o kiri), past 電話(でんわ)を切(き)った (denwa o kitta))

to hang up, to terminate a phonecall

Conjugation

Conjugation of "電話を切る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	電話を切ら	でんわをきら	denwa o kira
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	電話を切り	でんわをきり	denwa o kiri
Shūshikei ("terminal")	電話を切る	でんわをきる	denwa o kiru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	電話を切る	でんわをきる	denwa o kiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	電話を切れ	でんわをきれ	denwa o kire
Meireikei ("imperative")	電話を切れ	でんわをきれ	denwa o kire
Key constructions
Passive	電話を切られる	でんわをきられる	denwa o kirareru
Causative	電話を切らせる電話を切らす	でんわをきらせるでんわをきらす	denwa o kiraseru denwa o kirasu
Potential	電話を切れる	でんわをきれる	denwa o kireru
Volitional	電話を切ろう	でんわをきろう	denwa o kirō
Negative	電話を切らない	でんわをきらない	denwa o kiranai
Negative continuative	電話を切らず	でんわをきらず	denwa o kirazu
Formal	電話を切ります	でんわをきります	denwa o kirimasu
Perfective	電話を切った	でんわをきった	denwa o kitta
Conjunctive	電話を切って	でんわをきって	denwa o kitte
Hypothetical conditional	電話を切れば	でんわをきれば	denwa o kireba