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真っ二つに (まっぷたつに) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

真まっ二ぷたつに

Meanings

1

adverb

right in half; cleanly in two

Emphatic adverb meaning something is split or broken exactly into two equal parts, often with force or completeness.

彼かれは板いたを真まっ二ぷたつに割わった。
He split the board right in half.
リンゴが真まっ二ぷたつに切きられている。
The apple has been cut cleanly in two.

Kanji

真true, reality, Buddhist sect
二two, two radical (no. 7)

Similar words

二ふたつに
Simply means 'into two' without the emphatic or forceful nuance of 真っ二つに.
真まっ二ぷたつ
Noun form meaning 'two equal halves'; 真っ二つに is the adverbial form.

Etymology

Compound of 真っ (ma', intensifying prefix) + 二つ (futatsu, 'two'), with rendaku voicing. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the form emphasizes a clean, complete split into two.