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割れ目 (われめ, wareme) Japanese meaning: crack | Kotomora

割われ目め

わ

れ

め

Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

crack; crevice; split; fissure

General term for a crack, split, or gap in a solid surface, rock, or object.

地じ震しんで

地じ

面めん

に

大おお

きな

割わ

れ

目め

が

でき

た

。

A large crack formed in the ground due to the earthquake.

壁かべの割われ目めから冷つめたい風かぜが入はいってくる。

Cold air comes in through the crack in the wall.

2

vaginal opening; slit

vulgar expression or wordslang›

Vulgar slang for the opening of the vagina; usually written in katakana as ワレメ.

その漫まん画がにはワレメの描びょう写しゃがあった。
That manga had depictions of a vaginal slit.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉に割われ目めが入はいるa crack forms in something
地じ震しんで壁かべに大おおきな割われ目めが入はいった。
A big crack formed in the wall from the earthquake.
割われ目めができるa crack appears/develops
乾かん燥そうして土つちに割われ目めができた。
The soil dried out and cracks appeared in it.
割われ目めから〈物もの〉が入はいるsomething gets in through the crack
岩いわの割われ目めから水みずが入はいってくる。
Water seeps in through the crack in the rock.
割われ目めを塞ふさぐto seal/close up a crack
コンクリートの割われ目めをセメントで塞ふさいだ。
They sealed the crack in the concrete with cement.

Kanji

割proportion, comparatively, divide
目eye, class, look
破rend, rip, tear

Related words· 6

日ひ々びN1sense 1
ひび describes a fine hairline crack, especially in glass or ceramics, while 割れ目 refers to a wider, more visible split or gap.
亀き裂れつ sense 1
亀裂 is a more formal word for a crack or rift, often used for serious structural damage or metaphorically for a rift in relations, while 割れ目 is a plainer everyday term for a physical split.
裂さけ目め sense 1
裂け目 emphasizes a tear or rip, often in soft or flexible material like cloth or skin, whereas 割れ目 usually describes a crack in something hard or brittle.
隙すき間まN2sense 1
隙間 is a gap or space between two separate objects, while 割れ目 is a split within a single object.

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ひびN1
割れ目 describes a larger, more visible split or gap, whereas ひび usually refers to a thin, fine crack.
クラック
割れ目 refers to a split or crack where something has broken apart, while クラック can also describe a crack that hasn't fully separated the material.

Don't confuse with

割われ物もの
割れ物 means fragile goods or things that can break, while 割れ目 is the crack or split itself, not the object.

Counted with

箇か所しょN2
Use 〜箇所 to count the number of cracks or splits (割れ目), as in locations/spots of cracking.

Word family

割われ目め噴ふん火か
fissure eruption

Written forms

割われ目めUsage77%
Standard kanji spelling for physical cracks and splits.
割われ目めUsage14%
search-only kanji form
ワレメUsage9%
search-only kana form
Katakana spelling is common for the vulgar slang sense.
破われ目め

Etymology

Compound of 割れ (ware, 'breaking, splitting', continuative form of 割れる) + 目 (me, 'eye, opening, gap'). Literally 'split opening'.

rarely-used kanji form

Rarely used kanji form; 割れ目 is preferred.