Illustration: In a neighborhood workshop, a craftsperson grips an old cotton sheet with both hands and pulls sharply outward. A long jagged split runs down from its edge, with stretched threads still connecting the two sides near the advancing tear.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

引ひき裂さく

hikisaku

to tear up, to rip apart

Example sentences

  1. 彼女かのじょは手紙てがみを引ひき裂さいた。

    She tore up the letter.

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  2. 私わたしは紙かみを粉々こなごなに引ひき裂さいた。

    I tore the paper into pieces.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 僕ぼくの本ほんをばらばらに引ひき裂さいたのはあなたの子供こどもだ。

    It was your child who tore my book to pieces.

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Kanji in 引裂

  • 引pullOnインKunひく・ひける
  • 裂split; rendOnレツKunさく・さける

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