破く
やぶく · yabuku
To tear, to rip
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 破きますやぶきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 破きませんやぶきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 破きましたやぶきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 破きませんでしたやぶきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 破きましょうやぶきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 破きやぶき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 破きたいやぶきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 破きながらやぶきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 破いてやぶいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 破いたやぶいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 破いたらやぶいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 破いているやぶいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 破かないやぶかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 破かなかったやぶかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 破かなくてやぶかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 破けるやぶける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 破けばやぶけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 破けやぶけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 破こうやぶこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 破かれるやぶかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 破かせるやぶかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 破かされるやぶかされる |
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What does 破く mean?
To tear, to rip.
How do you pronounce 破く?
やぶく (yabuku). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 破く?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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