N1Godan verb
裂く
さく
Meaning
- 1.to tear
- 2.to rip up
- 3.to cut up
Meanings across languages
- English
- to tear, to rip up, to cut up
- Tiếng Việt
- xé, rách
- 日本語
- 裂く, 引き裂く
- 한국어
- 찢다, 부수다
- 中文
- 撕开, 撕裂
- Bahasa Indonesia
- merobek
- ภาษาไทย
- ฉีก
- Español
- rasgar
- Français
- déchirer
- Deutsch
- reißen
- Português
- rasgar
Kanji used
Related words
滅裂
めつれつ
incoherence, absurdity
N2亀裂
きれつ
crack, crevice
N1決裂
けつれつ
breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.), breaking off
N1分裂
ぶんれつ
split, division
N1破裂
はれつ
bursting, rupture
N1核分裂
かくぶんれつ
nuclear fission, karyokinesis (division of a cell nucleus during mitosis or meiosis)
N1裂ける
さける
to split, to tear
N1引き裂く
ひきさく
to tear up, to tear off
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