切り裂く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
切 裂
き
Grade: 2 		さ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

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Pronunciation

Verb

切(き)り裂(さ)く • (kirisaku) godan (stem 切(き)り裂(さ)き (kirisaki), past 切(き)り裂(さ)いた (kirisaita))

  1. to cut into and rend/tear apart
    喉(のど)を切(き)り裂(さ)く
    nodo o kirisaku
    to slit a throat
  2. to rend/tear apart into shreds
    暗闇(くらやみ)を切(き)り裂(さ)く
    kurayami o kirisaku
    to rend the darkness

Conjugation

Conjugation of "切り裂く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 切り裂か きりさか kirisaka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 切り裂き きりさき kirisaki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 切り裂く きりさく kirisaku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 切り裂く きりさく kirisaku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 切り裂け きりさけ kirisake
Meireikei ("imperative") 切り裂け きりさけ kirisake
Key constructions
Passive 切り裂かれる きりさかれる kirisakareru
Causative 切り裂かせる
切り裂かす 		きりさかせる
きりさかす 		kirisakaseru
kirisakasu
Potential 切り裂ける きりさける kirisakeru
Volitional 切り裂こう きりさこう kirisakō
Negative 切り裂かない きりさかない kirisakanai
Negative continuative 切り裂かず きりさかず kirisakazu
Formal 切り裂きます きりさきます kirisakimasu
Perfective 切り裂いた きりさいた kirisaita
Conjunctive 切り裂いて きりさいて kirisaite
Hypothetical conditional 切り裂けば きりさけば kirisakeba
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