Illustration: In a household utility area, an adult tears an old cotton sheet into cleaning cloths. Their hands pull firmly in opposite directions, opening a long split with frayed fibers stretching between the separating edges.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

裂さく

saku

to tear, to rip

Example sentences

その少女しょうじょはその布ぬのを裂さいた。
The girl tore the cloth.
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彼女かのじょはその手紙てがみをずたずたに裂さいた。
She tore the letter to pieces.
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彼かれはその紙かみを二ふたつに裂さいた。
He tore the paper in two.
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Kanji in 裂

裂split; rendOnレツKunさく・さける

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