Translation guide
How to express 'cut open' in Japanese, covering surgical incisions, cutting open objects, and figurative uses.
To cut open a body for medical purposes, such as surgery or dissection.
The standard medical term for making an incision or cutting open surgically.
The doctor cut open the patient's abdomen.
Can be used for cutting open in a broader sense, including surgery, but also for pioneering or clearing land.
The surgeon cut open the chest.
To cut something open in order to access its contents or interior.
A natural compound verb meaning 'cut and open'. Used for boxes, packages, envelopes, etc.
I cut open the cardboard box.
To cut open by tearing or slashing, often with force. Used for fabric, skin, or violently opening something.
Can also be used for cutting open objects like cans or fruits, but more commonly used for clearing land or pioneering.
To cut open a living being in a violent or non-medical context.
To metaphorically cut open something to reveal hidden contents, such as secrets or emotions.
Used figuratively to mean 'open up' or 'reveal', as in cutting open a new path or exposing hidden truths.
He cut open his heart and spoke.
Can be used metaphorically for violently exposing something, like cutting open a secret.
彼は封筒を切り裂いた。
He cut open the envelope.
Cut open a can.
The beast cut open its prey's belly.
真実が闇を切り裂いた。
The truth cut open the darkness.