Word · 単語
裂く
Reading さく
to tear
- 1 to tear, to rip up
- 2 to cut up, to cleave, to cut open (esp. the abdomen)
- 3 to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers)
- 4 to spare (time, money, etc.), to use part of something
- 5 to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
N3
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
その少女はその布を裂いた。
The girl tore the cloth.
sense 1 · to tear
私はとても忙しいのでさくべき時間がない。
I am so busy that I have no time to spare.
sense 4 · to spare (time, money, etc.)
彼は本をばらばらに裂いてしまった。
He tore the book apart.
sense 1 · to tear
彼女はその手紙をずたずたに裂いた。
She tore the letter to pieces.
sense 1 · to tear
彼はその新聞を半分に裂いた。
He tore the newspaper in half.
sense 1 · to tear