割り切れない

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6

Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

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 edit

()()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 deha warikirenai.
      Ten is indivisible by three.
      十六(じゅうろく)奇数(きすう)では()()れない
      Jūroku wa kisū deha warikirenai.
      Sixteen is indivisible by odd numbers.
    2. be insoluble, be inexplicable
      それは理屈(りくつ)では()()れない
      Sore wa rikutsu deha warikirenai.
      This is insoluble by reason.
      冷戦構造(れいせんこうぞう)では()()れないテロ事件(じけん)
      reisen kōzō deha 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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