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35 破る To Tear

Alternative Meanings

To Rip, To Break

Part of Speech

Transitive verb and Godan verb

Reading

やぶる

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

うちのワンコがクリスマスプレゼントの包装をビリビリ破っているビデオを撮ったのよ。

We took a video of our puppy tearing open Christmas presents.

Meaning Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means tear so the verb version is to tear.

Reading Explanation

You start to tear the cloth. You don't know if you're supposed to or not. The crowd isn't sure either. You hear kind of a yah boo (やぶ) reaction going on, making you unsure if you should continue or stop. Yah! Boo. Yah! Boo!

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