切(き)り出(だ)す

きりだす
verb (godan, transitive)
to cut out; to quarry; to bring up (a topic)
他動詞 transitiveaction
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present切(き)り出(だ)す切(き)り出(だ)さない
Present polite切(き)り出(だ)します切(き)り出(だ)しません
Past切(き)り出(だ)した切(き)り出(だ)さなかった
Past polite切(き)り出(だ)しました切(き)り出(だ)しませんでした
て form切(き)り出(だ)して切(き)り出(だ)さなくて
ている present切(き)り出(だ)している切(き)り出(だ)していない
ている polite切(き)り出(だ)しています切(き)り出(だ)していません
ている past切(き)り出(だ)していた切(き)り出(だ)していなかった
ている past polite切(き)り出(だ)していました切(き)り出(だ)していませんでした
Conditional ば切(き)り出(だ)せば切(き)り出(だ)さなければ
Conditional たら切(き)り出(だ)したら切(き)り出(だ)さなかったら
Volitional切(き)り出(だ)そう—
Volitional polite切(き)り出(だ)しましょう—
Potential切(き)り出(だ)せる切(き)り出(だ)せない
Passive切(き)り出(だ)される切(き)り出(だ)されない
Causative切(き)り出(だ)させる切(き)り出(だ)させない
Imperative切(き)り出(だ)せ切(き)り出(だ)すな
1. to cut out; to quarry; to extract
To cut something out from a larger whole, such as cutting stone from a quarry or extracting material.
山(やま)から石(いし)を切(き)り出(だ)す。
They quarry stone from the mountain.
大(おお)きな木(き)から板(いた)を切(き)り出(だ)した。
They cut planks from a large tree.
To carve out a sculpture's shape from rock.
This area has made a living by quarrying granite since long ago.
I extracted just the needed part from the video and saved it.
2. to bring up (a topic); to broach
To start talking about something, especially a difficult or delicate subject.
話(はなし)を切(き)り出(だ)した。
I brought up the topic.
It's hard to find the right timing to bring up the topic.
She brought up the subject of breaking up.
I couldn't bring myself to bring up the job change with my boss.
He mustered his courage and brought up the main topic, but the response was cold.

切(き)り出(だ)す is a compound of 切(き)る (to cut) and 出(だ)す (to take out; to start). Both senses keep that image: separating something out of a larger whole and bringing it forward.

Transitivity

  • Type: 他動詞(たどうし) (transitive). The material cut out, or the topic raised, takes を.
  • There is no intransitive partner. For stone that is being quarried, use the passive 切(き)り出(だ)される.

Common patterns

Sense 2 is the one learners meet most often. It carries the implication that starting was hard, so it suits difficult news: a resignation, a break-up, a request to a superior. The person spoken to is marked with に.

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