千切る

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
き > ぎ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

From () (chi) + () (kiru).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [chìgíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕiɡʲiɾɯ̟]

Verb

()() • (chigirutransitive godan (stem ()() (chigiri), past ()()った (chigitta))

Japanese verb pair
active 千切る
mediopassive 千切れる
  1. tear up, tear to pieces
  2. tear off, pluck

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN