片割れ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
片 割
かた
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Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
片割
片破れ (rare)
片破 (rare)

Etymology

片(かた) (kata, “one side or part”) + 割(わ)れ (ware, “broken piece”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かたわれ [kàtáwáré] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) かたわれ [kàtáwáréꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ta̠β̞a̠ɾe̞]

Noun

片(かた)割(わ)れ • (kataware) 

  1. one part or fragment of something broken
    Synonyms: 断片 (danpen), 欠片 (kakera)
  2. one part or member of a pair, a group, or a set of something or some people
  3. one of the bodies resulted from the split of another one into many parts
    Synonym: 分身 (bunshin)
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