ひきさく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
1. to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to tear to pieces
But the clothes I had on have been ripped apart and can't be worn anymore.
2. to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
But the war tore the two of them apart.
Pitch accent
ひ
きさ
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Composed of
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
Examples (13 in total)
She tore up the letter.
But the war tore the two of them apart.
The two of us were forcibly torn apart.
No one can separate them.
It's too cruel for it to end with the lovers torn apart.
I tore the newspaper into pieces.
He tore it again, this time into four pieces.
Nobody could tear apart the bond that Tom and Mary have together.
She tore his letter to pieces.
I'm now going to tear this paper up.
Your child tore my book to shreds.
But the clothes I had on have been ripped apart and can't be worn anymore.
The poor dog was literally torn apart by the lion.