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What is 「切れ」 as in 「切れかけの蛍光灯。」?

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    Your first topic was marked as a duplicate. The topic it was a duplicate of addressed both parts of this, what the first half and second half of 切れかけ is. – Leebo Oct 28 '18 at 07:15
  • @existence You've just posted a new question. Every question here has to be organized so that it makes sense on its own, and you have to show your research effort. If you want a small clarification about your existing question, please use the comment section (*this* place). – naruto Oct 28 '18 at 07:31
  • just as the first answer said, 切れるhas a lot of meanings, I don't know which it is and I think it's a little weird especially when I saw a very bright and clear picture illustrated as 切れかけ。 – Existence Oct 28 '18 at 11:06

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切れる has a lot of meanings, and in this context it means "to go out", "to burn out", etc. There is no physical filament which will burn out for a fluorescent lamp, but people still use 切れる. かけ is "half ～", "almost ～", etc. Therefore 切れかけの蛍光灯 refers to this.

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  • i don’t think so, kireru do have the meaning of almost, half~ ect.. While kake is equal to almost~, here kireru doesn't mean almost, right? Or these two are the same in meaning. It should be something near a verb or an adj. that explain the characteristic of the lamp. So what exactly is kireru? – Existence Oct 28 '18 at 11:22
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    @Existence Please re-read my answer. I clearly said 切れる in this context means "to go out", "to burn out". – naruto Oct 28 '18 at 11:27
  • then what is a burned out lamp? – Existence Oct 29 '18 at 11:17
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    @Existence 「切れた電球」ですかね・・ – Chocolate Oct 29 '18 at 14:27
  • @Existence For instance, 死んだ人 = dead person; 死にかけの人 = half-dead/dying person; 壊れたラジオ = broken radio; 壊れかけのラジオ = half-broken radio; 切れた蛍光灯 = broken/dead lump; 切れかけの蛍光灯 = half-broken (i.e., flickering) lump. Did I make myself clear? – naruto Oct 29 '18 at 16:23
  • it's better to make clear the meaning of the word 切れ. don't you think? – Existence Nov 01 '18 at 01:01
  • @Chocolateそうですね！ – Existence Nov 01 '18 at 01:05
  • @Existence What do you mean? The very first sentence of my answer clearly addressed that point, didn't it? But why do you believe 切れる itself has the meaning of "almost; half ～"? As far as I can recall, 切れる doesn't have such a meaning. – naruto Nov 01 '18 at 01:15