割り切れない

Japanese
Kanji in this term
割 切
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Etymology

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

割り切れない (hiragana わりきれない, rōmaji warikirenai)

  1. (arithmetic) be indivisible
    十 (じゅう)は三 (さん)では割 (わ)り切 (き)れない。
    Jū wa san deha warikirenai.
    Ten is indivisible by three.
    十六 (じゅうろく)は奇 (き)数 (すう)では割 (わ)り切 (き)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)では割 (わ)り切 (き)れない。
    Sore wa rikutsu deha warikirenai.
    This is insoluble by reason.
    冷 (れい)戦 (せん)構 (こう)造 (ぞう)では割 (わ)り切 (き)れないテロ事 (じ)件 (けん)
    reisen kōzō deha warikirenai tero jiken
    a terrorism inexplicable by the Cold War structure
  3. (of a thing) be unconvincing; (of oneself) feel unconvinced
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