Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
Usually written in kana
1. to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to tear up
2. to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to tear off
Suffix
Verb (5-dan, る)
Usually written in kana
3. to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily; to do ... vigorously
after the -masu stem of a verb
Kanji used
thousand
cut
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
to beat by a wide margin (in a race); to tear (off) roughly
to beat by a wide margin (in a race); to tear (off) roughly