Illustration: Outside a neighborhood vegetable shop, a shopper’s overloaded paper bag has dropped onto the pavement while one torn handle remains looped around their fingers. The broken paper ends are ragged, with the matching attachment point plainly visible on the bag.

ちぎれる

chigireru

to be torn off

Example sentences

荷物重にもつおもすぎて腕うでちぎれるかと思おもった。
The luggage was so heavy that I was worried my arms were going to be torn off.
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この紙袋かみぶくろの持もち手てはちぎれそうだ。
The handle of this paper bag looks like it might tear off.
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古ふるい旗はたの端はじが風かぜでちぎれた。
The edge of the old flag tore off in the wind.
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