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Can't finish/complete A
This refers to an action A that has an amount/duration attached to it, such as eating, running, writing, etc. Because of this, the "can't finish/complete" refers to the amount/duration being too many/much.
一いっ杯ぱい有あっ て 食たべ 切きれ な い よ ！ 
There's so many I can't eat them all!
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此 の 部屋 に ５０ 人 は 入 り 切 れ な い 。 
This room is too small to contain 50 people.
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此 の 梁 で は 屋 根 を 支 え 切 れ な い 。 
These beams will not carry the weight of the roof.
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此 の 荷 物 全 部 は 持 ち 切 れ な い 。 
I can't carry all this baggage.
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幾 ら お 礼 を 言 っ て も 言 い 切 れ な い 。 
I cannot thank you enough. (Lit: Even if I say many word of thanks, I cannot say it enough.)
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今日 の テ ス ト 解 き きれなかった よ 、 如何 為 よ う ！ 
I couldn't answer all the questions on the test, what should I do!!
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aileen
Level: 1
I believe the nuance to this grammar point is that A can't be finished/completed because it is too much or too many. You might want to mention this in the meaning section. "Can't finish/complete A because A is too much/too many" or some such. Can't think of an eloquent way to put it, but...
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マイコー
Level: 301
Changed it up. Not that elegant, but better than nothing.
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moviefreak91092
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According to my N3 grammar book, it says, "to show that there is nothing left" which might make more sense. Especially because under the same grammar it has,

「長い小説を、２日間で読み切った。」=> "I finished reading a long novel in two days."


I understand that 切れない means "can't" because its in the negative but I am now confused about the 切った form.

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マイコー
Level: 301

The "show that there is nothing left" is a smidge misleading because it focuses too much on a certain form of the term. It can mean that there is nothing left, or it can mean that something is done to completion (or, to link it to the definition you gave, something cannot be done anymore. There is nothing left that can be done).


So, the きれない basically means for an action, that action can not be done in it's entirely. 走り切れない would be "unable to (finish) running completely, or 数えきれない means you cannot finish the action of counting.


Hope this helps! Will be happy to give you more information if you still have questions.

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