Illustration: At a low table in a family apartment, a child grips a large sheet of plain wrapping paper with both hands and pulls the sides apart. A fresh jagged tear runs down from the upper edge, with loose fibers visible where the split is still advancing.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

破やぶく

yabuku

to tear, to rip

Example sentences

ベスはスカーフを破やぶいたと言いって妹いもうとのサリーを責せめました。
Beth accused her sister, Sally, of tearing her scarf.
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彼かれは写真しゃしんを散ちり散ぢりに破やぶいた。
He tore the photographs into pieces.
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彼女かのじょはその手紙てがみを読よんだあと破やぶいてしまった。
She tore the letter up after reading it.
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Kanji in 破

破rend; ripOnハKunやぶる・やぶれる・われる

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