Illustration: At a low table during afternoon tea, a child carefully pinches a tiny broken piece of rice cracker between thumb and forefinger. The much larger cracker lies on a plate below, with a jagged gap matching the fragment exactly. Several powdery crumbs trace where it snapped.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

かけら

kakera

fragment, small piece

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれらはパンのかけらを置おくことによって道みちに迷まよわなかった。

    Putting pieces of bread prevented them from getting lost.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ひとかけらのパンでは彼かれの飢うえを満みたすには足たりなかった。

    A piece of bread was not enough to satisfy his hunger.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. パーティーの終おわりがけに、まだ病院びょういんのことでぶつぶつと何なにかを言いっていたとき、彼かれは氷こおりのかけらで足あしを滑すべらせて、左足ひだりあしを折おってしまった。

    He was still mumbling something about hospitals at the end of the party when he slipped on a piece of ice and broke his left leg.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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