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Grade: 6

Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Negative of 割り切れる; from 割る (waru, "divide") + 切る (kiru, "do completely") + えない (enai, "cannot be done")

Verb

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()()れない (warikirenai

  1. negative of 割り切れる
    1. (arithmetic) be indivisible
      (じゅう)(さん)では()()れない
      Jū wa san de wa warikirenai.
      Ten is indivisible by three.
      (じゅう)(ろく)()(すう)では()()れない
      Jūroku wa kisū de wa warikirenai.
      Sixteen is indivisible by odd numbers.
    2. be insoluble, be inexplicable
      それは()(くつ)では()()れない
      Sore wa rikutsu de wa warikirenai.
      This is insoluble by reason.
      (れい)(せん)(こう)(ぞう)では()()れないテロ()(けん)
      Reisen Kōzō de wa warikirenai tero jiken
      a terrorism inexplicable by the Cold War structure
    3. be unconvincing; (of oneself) feel unconvinced (of a thing)
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