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〜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

I ate the whole cake.

He protected the kingdom to the very end.

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