吹ふっ切きれる

ふ

っ

き

れ

る

Meanings

1

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be dispelled; clear up; be put behind one

Used for negative feelings, doubts, or worries that disappear or are resolved, often after a change in mindset or situation.

彼かれの説せつ明めいで不ふ安あんが吹ふっ切きれた。
My anxiety was dispelled by his explanation.
過か去こ

の

失しっ

敗ぱい

を

吹ふ

っ

切き

れ

て

、

新あたら

しい

仕し

事ごと

に

挑ちょう

戦せん

し

た

。

I put my past failures behind me and took on a new job.

2

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

burst; break open

Rare, concrete use for a boil or abscess bursting; the figurative sense is far more common.

おできが吹ふっ切きれて膿うみが出でた。
The boil burst and pus came out.

Written forms

吹ふっ切きれるUsage44%
Standard kanji spelling; the reading ふっきれる is the only modern reading.
ふっきれるUsage36%
ふっ切きれるUsage15%
search-only kanji form
Search-only mixed kanji-kana form; not a standard written variant.
吹ふっきれるUsage4%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form with okurigana variation; not a standard written variant.

Kanji

吹blow, breathe, puff
切cut, cutoff, be sharp

Similar words

晴はれる
晴れる is used for weather clearing up and for feelings of doubt or gloom lifting, but it does not carry the nuance of actively putting something behind you like 吹っ切れる.
吹ふっ切きる
吹っ切る is the transitive counterpart meaning to dispel or shake off something, while 吹っ切れる is intransitive.

Etymology

Compound of 吹く (to blow) in its emphatic form 吹っ and 切れる (to cut off, break), literally 'to blow and cut off', giving the figurative sense of something being blown away and severed.