N2Verb

🏃Actions & Movement

破くやぶく

yabuku

to tear

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Example sentence

彼は写真を散り散りに破いた。

He tore the photographs into pieces.

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Kanji in 破く

rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate

Sentences with 破く

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Words with the same kanji

Word	JLPT	Reading	Meaning
破産	N3	はさん	はさん(personal) bankruptcy
破る	N3	やぶる	やぶるto tear; to violate; to defeat
破れる	N3	やぶれる	やぶれるto get torn, to wear out
破片	N2	はへん	はへんfragment, broken piece
破壊	N1	はかい	はかいdestruction
突破	N1	とっぱ	とっぱbreaking through, breakthrough, penetration
爆破	N1	ばくは	ばくはblast, explosion, blow up
破損	N1	はそん	はそんdamage

More Actions & Movement words

Word	Reading	Meaning
発	はつ	はつto depart (e.g., on a plane, train)
熱する	ねっする	ねっするto heat
目指す	めざす	めざすto aim at, to have an eye on
狙う	ねらう	ねらうto aim at
迫る	せまる	せまるto draw near, to press
巡る	めぐる	めぐるto go around
潰す	つぶす	つぶすto smash, to waste
もたれる	もたれる	もたれるto lean against, to lean on

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