裂く
さく · saku
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
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 裂きますさきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 裂きませんさきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 裂きましたさきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 裂きませんでしたさきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 裂きましょうさきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 裂きさき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 裂きたいさきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 裂きながらさきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 裂いてさいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 裂いたさいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 裂いたらさいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 裂いているさいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 裂かないさかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 裂かなかったさかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 裂かなくてさかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 裂けるさける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 裂けばさけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 裂けさけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 裂こうさこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 裂かれるさかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 裂かせるさかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 裂かされるさかされる |
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What does 裂く mean?
To tear, to rip up. It can also mean: 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.
How do you pronounce 裂く?
さく (saku). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 裂く?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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