思(おも)い切(き)る

おもいきる
verb (godan)
to make up one's mind, to give up, to resign oneself
他動詞 transitiveaction
See also: 思(おも)い切(き)って (adverb form), 思(おも)い切(き)り (adverb: with all one's might)
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present思(おも)い切(き)る思(おも)い切(き)らない
Present polite思(おも)い切(き)ります思(おも)い切(き)りません
Past思(おも)い切(き)った思(おも)い切(き)らなかった
Past polite思(おも)い切(き)りました思(おも)い切(き)りませんでした
て form思(おも)い切(き)って思(おも)い切(き)らなくて
ている present思(おも)い切(き)っている思(おも)い切(き)っていない
ている polite思(おも)い切(き)っています思(おも)い切(き)っていません
ている past思(おも)い切(き)っていた思(おも)い切(き)っていなかった
ている past polite思(おも)い切(き)っていました思(おも)い切(き)っていませんでした
Conditional ば思(おも)い切(き)れば思(おも)い切(き)らなければ
Conditional たら思(おも)い切(き)ったら思(おも)い切(き)らなかったら
Volitional思(おも)い切(き)ろう—
Volitional polite思(おも)い切(き)りましょう—
Potential思(おも)い切(き)れる思(おも)い切(き)れない
Passive思(おも)い切(き)られる思(おも)い切(き)られない
Causative思(おも)い切(き)らせる思(おも)い切(き)らせない
Imperative思(おも)い切(き)れ思(おも)い切(き)るな
1. to make up one's mind, to decide firmly
To resolve to do something decisively, often after hesitation.
I made up my mind and spoke.
I took the plunge and confessed my feelings.
[Note: 思(おも)い切(き)って is a very common adverbial form meaning 'decisively' or 'daringly']
Bold action is necessary.
[Note: 思(おも)い切(き)った is used as an adjective meaning 'bold' or 'drastic']
I took the plunge and cut my hair short, and it felt refreshing.
2. to give up, to resign oneself
To abandon hope or attachment to something and accept the situation.
もう思(おも)い切(き)るしかない。
There's no choice but to let go.
あきらめて、思(おも)い切(き)ることにした。
I decided to give up and let go.
Let's put the past behind us and move forward.
I can't bring myself to let go, so I've been holding onto old photos.
I tried to give up on him, but I just couldn't forget.

思(おも)い切(き)る is a transitive verb (他動詞(たどうし)) meaning to make a firm decision or to give up attachment; it often appears without an explicit object in the adverbial form 思(おも)い切(き)って, but can take a direct object marked by を, as in 彼(かれ)のことを思(おも)い切(き)る ("to give up on him").

Etymology

ASPECT (ている):
思(おも)い切(き)っている indicates a state of having made up one's mind.

Common patterns

Forms