Keyword
split
Info
FrequencyTop 800-900
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig876
Readings
さ
(55%)
れつ
(40%)
れっ
(2%)
ざ
(1%)
Composed of
row
garment
Used in vocabulary (141 in total)
to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
Examples (69 in total)
It can slice through anything.
I slit the bag open with a knife and took out the contents.
All the bags had been torn open widely.
The war tore the lovers apart.
Their parents tried to tear the two of them apart.
The sound of metal being torn rang out.
The sensation of advancing while tearing through the wind can also be experienced on a bicycle.
But the war tore the two of them apart.
But the clothes I had on have been ripped apart and can't be worn anymore.
He tore it again, this time into four pieces.
I'm now going to tear this paper up.
The two of us were forcibly torn apart.
And yet the door has come off its frame, and the wall is cracked.
The crack is not spreading.
Countless cracks run across the surface of the huge rock.
A large crack runs across the floor.
There, a band of light tears through the night sky and pours down onto the ground.
What's more, the outfit was ripped, torn and covered in scratches.
The bag split open and the contents spilled out.
Bags filled with water are prone to bursting.
In that instant, a small sound like something bursting echoes around.
My heart is pounding so hard it feels like it might burst.
It's too cruel for it to end with the lovers torn apart.
Cut open the fish's belly and remove the guts.
Even my favorite stuffed animal has been cruelly ripped apart.
That blow is even said to split heaven and earth.
Otherwise, the herd will become confused and split.
The country fell into disorder and split apart.
Opinions were divided.
A rumor went around that could drive the two of them apart.
Splitting eel open from the back is the Kanto style.
The chef quickly split open the horse mackerel.
He ripped up all her letters and photos.
The girl tore the cloth.
He tore the newspaper in half.
He tore the paper in two.
She cut up the cloth to make bandages.
She tore up the letter.
I saw him tear up the letter.
Her dress was torn.
His head was bursting with new ideas.
My heart is pounding so hard it feels like it's going to explode.
No one can separate them.
A blood vessel burst inside his brain.
Your child tore my book to shreds.
She tore the letter into pieces.
The poor dog was literally torn apart by the lion.
The country was torn by war.
They blocked the flow of water from the burst pipe.
Father made a long tear in his sleeve.
I peeped out through a crack in the wall.
I tore the newspaper into pieces.
I tore the paper into pieces.
On the religious side, the decision caused serious dissension among followers.
Nobody could tear apart the bond that Tom and Mary have together.
England was once torn by civil war.
She tore his letter to pieces.
I ate so much my stomach was about to burst.
A breakdown in the negotiations will mean war.
She tore the letter to pieces.
It was a heartbreaking story.
The water pressure caused the pipe to burst.
He drove over a land mine and his jeep blew up.
Why did you tear the cloth instead of cutting it with scissors?
The water pipes froze and then burst.
The water pipe burst.
The inflation issue split the party.
The water mains burst due to the earthquake.
This cloth tears easily.