Keyword
split
Info
FrequencyTop 800-900
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig876
Readings
(55%)
れつ
(40%)
れっ
(2%)
(1%)
Composed of
row
garment
Used in vocabulary (119 in total)
to cut off; to cut up; 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 separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
Examples (37 in total)
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 tore up the letter.
I saw him tear up the letter.
She cut up the cloth to make bandages.
No one can separate them.
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.
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.
They blocked the flow of water from the burst pipe.
The country was torn by war.
Father made a long tear in his sleeve.
I peeped out through a crack in the wall.
England was once torn by civil war.
Nobody could tear apart the bond that Tom and Mary have together.
On the religious side, the decision caused serious dissension among followers.
I tore the newspaper into pieces.
I tore the paper into pieces.
It was a heartbreaking story.
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.
Why did you tear the cloth instead of cutting it with scissors?
The water pressure caused the pipe to burst.
He drove over a land mine and his jeep blew up.
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.