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破裂 (はれつ): explosion, rupture, break off — Japanese vocabulary

破裂 is read はれつ and means "explosion, rupture, break off". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

破裂

Reading
はれつ · haretsu
Translation
explosion, rupture, break off
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
はれつが

Example

水道管が凍って破裂したんです。

みずどうかんがこおってはれつしたんです。

The water pipes froze and then burst.

Kanji in this word

  • 破 — break
  • 裂 — tear, split

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