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
Pitch accent
Top 20100
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)
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
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.