N2527/1725

破は片へん

nounnoun (generic)

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はへん

Meanings

fragment, broken piece, splinter, chip, shard

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Example sentences

ガラスの破片はへんが床ゆかに散ちらばっていた。

Fragments of glass were scattered across the floor.

爆発ばくはつで飛とび散ちった破片はへんが周囲しゅういの建物たてものに損害そんがいを与あたえた。

Fragments scattered by the explosion caused damage to the surrounding buildings.

彼かれは素手すででガラスの破片はへんを拾ひろおうとして指ゆびを切きった。

He cut his finger trying to pick up a glass shard with his bare hands.

考古学者こうこがくしゃたちは土器どきの破片はへんをつなぎ合あわせて元もとの形かたちを復元ふくげんした。

The archaeologists pieced together fragments of pottery to reconstruct the original shape.

現場げんばには衝突しょうとつした車両しゃりょうの破片はへんが広範囲こうはんいにわたって散乱さんらんしており、事故じこの激はげしさを物語ものがたっていた。

Fragments of the colliding vehicles were scattered widely across the scene, telling of the severity of the accident.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)