Translation guide
Describes a sudden, sharp sound or the manner of breaking, often used for impact, splitting, or a crisp noise.
The branch broke with a crack.
The sound of something breaking, hitting, or snapping sharply.
Onomatopoeia for a sharp cracking or snapping sound, often used for breaking thin objects like branches or plastic.
The branch broke with a crack.
Onomatopoeia for a louder, more forceful cracking sound, like a thick branch or bone breaking.
I heard a bone break with a crack.
Onomatopoeia for a light, sharp crack, like a whip or a small object snapping.
The whip cracked sharply.
Something breaking apart with a crack, often leaving a gap or fissure.
Literally 'a crack enters', used for cracks forming in solid objects like glass, walls, or bones.
The window glass cracked.
Intransitive verb for breaking or splitting, often with a crack sound. Used for brittle objects.
To break into pieces, shatter. Implies a more violent cracking apart.
Causing something to make a crack sound, like snapping fingers or cracking a whip.
Opening something slightly or with a crisp sound, like a book spine or a door.
Japanese often uses onomatopoeia like パキッと or バキッと to describe cracking sounds. These are more natural than literal translations of 'with a crack'.
There was a cracking sound.
The phrase 'with a crack' does not have a single direct equivalent. Translating it as ひびとともに or similar is unnatural. Instead, use onomatopoeia or verbs that imply the sound.
The egg cracked.
岩が砕けた。
The rock shattered with a crack.