さく – Vocabulary details

さく

Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)

1. to tear; to rip up

2. to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen)

3. to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers)

4. to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something

5. to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

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to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

to spare time (for)

その少しょう女じょはその布ぬのをさいた。

The girl tore the cloth.

彼かれはその紙かみを二ふたつにさいた。

He tore the paper in two.

彼かれはその新しん聞ぶんを半はん分ぶんにさいた。

He tore the newspaper in half.

なぜはさみで布ぬのを切きらずにさいたの。

Why did you tear the cloth instead of cutting it with scissors?

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