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破く (やぶく): to tear — Japanese vocabulary

破く is read やぶく and means "to tear". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

破く

Reading
やぶく · yabuku
Translation
to tear
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
やぶくが

Example

彼は写真を散り散りに破いた。

かれはしゃしんをちりじりにやぶいた。

He tore the photographs into pieces.

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