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 have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
Kanji used
split
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
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 tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
shrill; piercing (scream, etc.)
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 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.