断片 (だんぺん, danpen) Japanese meaning: fragment | Kotomora片
が
床
に
散
らばっ
て
い
た
。
Fragments of glass were scattered on the floor.
I could only get scraps of the truth from his story.
Usage patterns
〈物〉の断片a fragment of something
Fragments of an old pot were displayed on the wall.
記憶の断片a fragment of memory
Fragments of memory came back to me in a dream.
断片を集めるto gather fragments (of information, evidence, etc.)
The detective gathered fragments of the case to uncover the truth.
断片から〈事〉を再構成するto reconstruct something from fragments
The archaeologists reconstructed the shape of the ancient pot from fragments.