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裂く さく N3

  1. to rip up; to tear
  2. to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen); to cut up
  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

引き裂く ひきさく

  1. to rip up; to tear off; to tear to pieces; to tear up
  2. to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart

切り細裂く きりこまざく

  1. to cut up small

切り裂く きりさく

  1. to cut up; to rip to pieces; to split open; to tear to pieces

絹を裂くよう きぬをさくよう

  1. piercing (scream, etc.); shrill

欲の熊鷹股裂く よくのくまたかまたさく

  1. avarice brings doom upon oneself; grasp all, lose all; the greedy hawk-eagle splits in half (when trying to catch two boars at once)

間を裂く あいだをさく

  1. to come between (two people); to drive a wedge; to estrange (two friends)

噛み裂く かみさく

  1. to bite and tear apart

打っ裂く ぶっさく

  1. to rend; to rip; to tear with force

ピリッと ピリッと

  1. pungently; stinging; tingling
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