刈る

• 読み: かる
• ローマ字: karu
• 漢字の分解: 刈 (ka/gai) — cut, mow, reap
• 発音: /ka.ɾɯ/

意味

To cut (hair); to mow (grass); to harvest. To trim or reap with a cutting tool.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb ending in る. Used for cutting grass or plants (芝を刈る, to mow the lawn), harvesting crops (稲を刈る, to harvest rice), and cutting hair (髪を刈る, to cut hair short). Implies cutting at the base or trimming rather than slicing. Should not be confused with 借りる (kariru, to borrow) or 狩る (karu, to hunt).

例文

1. 週末に庭の芝生を刈った。
2. 秋になると農家が稲を刈り始める。
3. 息子の髪を短く刈ってあげた。

使い方ガイド

場面: gardening, agriculture, grooming

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 刈 combines 乂 (to cut/mow) and 刂 (knife radical), clearly indicating the action of cutting with a blade. Originally referred to harvesting grain crops.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal