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切っても切れない
きってもきれない
1. [exp,adj-i]
▶ inseparable (esp. bond, relationship)
▶ inextricable
▶ joined at the hip
▶ integral
▶ essential
▶ cannot be broken (cut, separated)
▶ indissoluble
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2583560 切っては切れない【きってはきれない】 1. inseparable

Conjugations


History:
4. A 2011-08-16 00:48:29  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2011-08-15 23:09:57  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Daijr, Koj,GG5
  Comments:
I don't think "cannot be cut" is a literal translation of "切っても切れない". 切れない maybe, but that's only part of the expression. I struggle to come up with a literal translation, but I'm not sure it would be a lot of use anyway.
  Diff:
@@ -19,1 +19,1 @@
-<gloss g_type="lit">cannot be cut</gloss>
+<gloss>indissoluble</gloss>
2. A* 2011-08-15 13:00:24  Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
英辞郎
  Comments:
More details – existing definition a bit bare.
  Diff:
@@ -13,1 +13,7 @@
-<gloss>inseparable</gloss>
+<gloss>inseparable (esp. bond, relationship)</gloss>
+<gloss>inextricable</gloss>
+<gloss>joined at the hip</gloss>
+<gloss>integral</gloss>
+<gloss>essential</gloss>
+<gloss>cannot be broken (cut, separated)</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">cannot be cut</gloss>
1. A 2006-12-21 00:00:00 
  Comments:
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