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破は片へん
Meanings
Noun
1. fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
Show me that fragment.
Kanji used
破
to tear
片
one of a pair
Pitch accent
は
へん
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Used in: 1938
Composed of
middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
Examples (8 in total)
Show me that fragment.
There were bits of broken glass on the floor.
Fragments of the mirror were scattered on the floor.
When crushed with a finger, the fragments easily crumbled.
There's a little piece of plastic in my coffee!
Looking closely, several parts had broken into fragments and were scattered about.
Fragments of something were probably floating in the air.
The fragments turn into crystals of light and scatter into the air.