JLPT N3 · Verb

裂ける (sakeru)

裂ける (さける, sakeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to split; to tear”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
さける
Romaji
sakeru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

この布は裂けやすい。
This cloth tears easily.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 裂ける

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary裂けるさける sakeru
Polite (~masu)裂けますさけます sakemasu
Negative裂けないさけない sakenai
Polite negative裂けませんさけません sakemasen
Past裂けたさけた saketa
Polite past裂けましたさけました sakemashita
Negative past裂けなかったさけなかった sakenakatta
Te-form裂けてさけて sakete
Potential裂けられるさけられる sakerareru
Passive裂けられるさけられる sakerareru
Causative裂けさせるさけさせる sakesaseru
Volitional裂けようさけよう sakeyou
Imperative裂けろさけろ sakero
Conditional (~ba)裂ければさければ sakereba

Kanji in 裂ける

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 裂ける.

Source: JMdict entry 1558610 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.