裂

Meaning

裂 centers on forceful separation: splitting, rending, or tearing something apart. The idea applies to physical tearing as well as figurative splitting.

• 分裂ぶんれつ
  N1

  split; division; break up

• 破裂はれつ
  N1

  bursting; rupture; explosion

• 裂けるさける
  N1

  to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided

• 裂くさく
  N2

  to tear; to rip up

• 炸裂さくれつ

  violent explosion; bursting

• 亀裂きれつ

  crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift

• 爆裂ばくれつ

  exploding

• 切り裂くきりさく

  to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces

• 決裂けつれつ

  breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off; rupture

• 支離滅裂しりめつれつ

  incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical

• 裂け目さけめ

  tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm; rift

• 核分裂かくぶんれつ

  nuclear fission

• 八つ裂きやつざき

  tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces

• 引き裂くひきさく
  N1

  to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to tear to pieces

• 裂傷れっしょう

  laceration

• 精神分裂病せいしんぶんれつびょう

  schizophrenia

• 四分五裂しぶんごれつ

  torn asunder; disrupted and disorganized

• 細胞分裂さいぼうぶんれつ

  cell division

• かぎ裂きかぎざき

  rip; tear

• 七花八裂しちかはちれつ

  being torn to pieces

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