胸むねが裂さける

expression, ichidan verb

heartbreaking; grief-stricken

Describes a feeling of deep emotional pain, as if one's chest is being torn apart. Often used in literary or dramatic expressions.

• 彼かの女じょの悲かなしみを見みて、胸むねが裂さける思おもいだった。

  Seeing her sorrow, I felt as if my heart would break.

• その知しらせを聞きいて、胸