Japanese

うちきる
Meaning: to stop; to discontinue; to abort
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 打ち切る 打ち切ない
Polite 打ち切ます 打ち切ません
Past 打ち切た 打ち切なかった
Polite + Past 打ち切ました 打ち切ませんでした
Te-form 打ち切て 打ち切なくて
Potential 打ち切られる 打ち切られない
Passive 打ち切られる 打ち切られない
Causative 打ち切させる 打ち切させない
Imperative 打ち切ろ 打ち切るな

Handwriting

打
ち
切
る

Example

The project was discontinued due to a lack of budget.

Usage Notes

Used when something that was in progress is stopped before completion, often due to an external reason.

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