I Love Kanji破く (yabuku)
破く (やぶく, yabuku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to tear; to rip”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- やぶく
- Romaji
- yabuku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to tear; to rip · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 破く
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 破く | やぶく yabuku |
| Polite (~masu) | 破きます | やぶきます yabukimasu |
| Negative | 破かない | やぶかない yabukanai |
| Polite negative | 破きません | やぶきません yabukimasen |
| Past | 破いた | やぶいた yabuita |
| Polite past | 破きました | やぶきました yabukimashita |
| Negative past | 破かなかった | やぶかなかった yabukanakatta |
| Te-form | 破いて | やぶいて yabuite |
| Potential | 破ける | やぶける yabukeru |
| Passive | 破かれる | やぶかれる yabukareru |
| Causative | 破かせる | やぶかせる yabukaseru |
| Volitional | 破こう | やぶこう yabukou |
| Imperative | 破け | やぶけ yabuke |
| Conditional (~ba) | 破けば | やぶけば yabukeba |
Kanji in 破く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 破く.
破るやぶるto tear破産はさんbankruptcy破れるやぶれるto get torn破片はへんfragment突破とっぱbreaking through破壊はかいdestruction破棄はきtearing up and discarding (e.g. documents)爆破ばくはdestructive blast破損はそんdamage破裂はれつbursting
Source: JMdict entry 1983750 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.