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さく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
1. to tear; to rip up
2. to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen)
3. to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers)
4. to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something
5. to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
Alt. forms
裂さく
67%
割さく
24%
さく
7%
Pitch accent
さ
く
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Conjugations...Used in: 647
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
to spare time (for)
① 切って裂く。切ってばらばらにする。② 切り開いたかのように鋭く動く。
to spare time (for)
shrill; piercing (scream, etc.)
to estrange (two friends); to come between (two people); to drive a wedge
avarice brings doom upon oneself; grasp all, lose all; (lit.) the greedy hawk-eagle splits in half (when trying to catch two boars at once)
Examples (4 in total)
The girl tore the cloth.
He tore the paper in two.
He tore the newspaper in half.
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