N21338/1725

裂さく

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verbarchaic

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さく

Meanings

to tear, to rip up
to cut up, to cleave, to cut open (esp. the abdomen)
to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers)
to spare (time, money, etc.), to use part of something
to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

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Example sentences

手紙てがみを細こまかく裂さいて捨すてた。

I tore the letter into small pieces and threw it away.

忙いそがしくて時間じかんを裂さくことができない。

I am too busy to spare any time.

二人ふたりの仲なかを裂さくようなことはしたくない。

I don't want to do anything that would forcibly separate the two of them.

彼かれは魚さかなの腹はらを裂さいて内臓ないぞうを取とり出だした。

He cut open the fish's belly and removed the organs.

多忙たぼうな業務ぎょうむの中なかでも、新人しんじん指導しどうのために時間じかんを裂さくことが重要じゅうようだと上司じょうしに言いわれた。

My supervisor told me that even amid a busy workload, it is important to spare time for training new employees.

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.)