Grammar › N3 · 06 Purpose, decisions and verb endings
〜きる: do completely; to the end
N3 · 06 Purpose, decisions and verb endings
Attached to a verb stem to say the action is done completely, to the very end, or to the limit.
Verb stem (ます-stem) + きる. 食べきる (eat it all), 走りきる (run the whole way), 守りきる (protect to the end). Often with 疲れきる, 信じきる. Negative 〜きれない = cannot finish / cannot fully.
Examples
ケーキを全部食べきった。
I ate the whole cake.
彼は最後まで王国を守りきった。
He protected the kingdom to the very end.