電池切(でんちぎ)れ

でんちぎれ
noun
dead battery; battery drained; out of power
1. dead battery; battery drained; out of power
The state of a battery being completely depleted, causing a device to stop functioning.
スマホが電池切(でんちぎ)れになった。
My smartphone's battery died.
電池切(でんちぎ)れで連絡(れんらく)できなかった。
I couldn't contact you because my battery was dead.
電池切(でんちぎ)れを防(ふせ)ぐためにモバイルバッテリーを持(も)ち歩(ある)いている。
I carry a portable charger to prevent my battery from dying.

電池切(でんちぎ)れ describes the state of a battery being completely drained. Extremely common in daily life with smartphones and other devices.

FORMATION:
電池(でんち) (battery) + 切(き)れ (running out, from 切(き)れる).

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • 電池切(でんちぎ)れになる: the battery dies
  • 電池切(でんちぎ)れで連絡(れんらく)できない: can't contact because battery is dead
  • 電池切(でんちぎ)れを防(ふせ)ぐ: to prevent battery drain

SIMILAR ～切(ぎ)れ EXPRESSIONS:

  • バッテリー切(ぎ)れ: battery dead (katakana variant)
  • 充電(じゅうでん)切(ぎ)れ: out of charge
  • ガス切(ぎ)れ: out of gas
  • 品切(しなぎ)れ: out of stock

RELATED:

  • 充電(じゅうでん): charging
  • 充電器(じゅうでんき): charger
  • モバイルバッテリー: portable charger/power bank

The ～切(ぎ)れ pattern (from 切(き)れる, to run out) is productive for expressing depletion of any resource.

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Added 2026.1.21 8:30 · Revised 2026.4.5 18:02
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