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Taking the following example, where the okurigana る in きる is dropped when
combined with 物 (もの) to form the word 着物 (きもの), can we generalize this rule?

For instance, if N consecutive kanji appear, can we say that the okurigana of
the first N-1 kanji characters' pronunciation is dropped, except for the
okurigana of the last kanji character (taking N = 2 as an example)?

If so, then how large can N be (i.e., is there a sequence longer than three
kanji characters that can be used in Japanese, perhaps followed by some
following written okurigana)?
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kanji dictionary okurigana
Is okurigana always dropped when combining kanji?
No, okurigana are not always dropped. It depends mostly on whether the
okurigana make up part of the changeable bit on the end (the part that shifts
in different conjugations), and whether that only changes vowels, or
disappears entirely. For instance, in the verb 着{き}る "to wear", the る on the
end in the plain form きる _kiru_ just disappears when conjugating to the polite
form きます _kimasu_ , so the verb stem (the part before the _-masu_ ending) is
just _ki_ , which is entirely covered by the kanji spelling 着. In the verb
切{き}る "to cut", the る on the end in the plain form きる _kiru_ changes just the
vowel to become きります _kirimasu_ in the polite form. Since the り forms part of
the verb stem, and that is **not** covered just by the kanji spelling 切, that
り is usually written out as okurigana when writing kun'yomi compounds with
this verb, such as 切{き}り捨{す}てる or 皮{かわ}切{き}り.
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