JLPT N1 Advanced
切らす
To run out of a supply or exhaust a resource like breath or patience.
Readings
Other forms
切らします polite form
切らして te-form
切らしている state of being out of
切らした plain past
切らさない plain negative
1 Transitive Verb
To Run Out Of / Be Short Of
Describes the act of letting a supply of physical goods or stock run out completely.
Example
あ 、 牛乳 を 切らして いる 。 買い物 に 行か ないと 。
Oh, we're out of milk. I have to go shopping.
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2 Transitive Verb
To Lose (Patience, Breath, etc.)
Indicates the exhaustion of specific physiological or emotional reserves, used almost exclusively in fixed idioms.
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