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    3. 裂ける

    裂ける

    裂さけ​る​

    to split

    N1KMT8CoreVerb, IntransitiveNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab16 strokes

    割ける

    さける

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to split, to tear, to burst, to be separated, to be divided

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    古ふるい服ふくが裂さけてしまった。

    My old clothes tore.

    KMT5Daily LifeFashion & Beauty
    地じ震しんで地じ面めんが大おおきく裂さけた。

    The ground split open significantly due to the earthquake.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    激はげしい雷らい鳴めいが空そらを裂さくように響ひびいた。

    A violent thunderclap echoed as if tearing the sky.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentWeather & Geography
    氷ひょう河がが溶とけて、大おおきな亀き裂れつが裂さけている。

    The glacier is melting, and large cracks are splitting open.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    意い見けんの対たい立りつでチームの結けっ束そくが裂さけ始はじめた。

    Due to conflicting opinions, the team's unity began to split.

    KMT9Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    裂
    さ.く・さ.ける・-ぎ.れ…(1)
    split・rend・tear
    Kanji
    け
    ke
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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