裂く – Vocabulary details

裂さく

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

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to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces

to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

shrill; piercing (scream, etc.)

その少しょう女じょはその布ぬのを裂さいた。

The girl tore the cloth.

彼かれはその紙かみを二ふたつに裂さいた。

He tore the paper in two.

彼かれはその新しん聞ぶんを半はん分ぶんに裂さいた。

He tore the newspaper in half.

なぜはさみで布ぬのを切きらずに裂さいたの。

Why did you tear the cloth instead of cutting it with scissors?

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