I Love Kanji裂く (saku)
裂く (さく, saku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to tear; to rip up”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- さく
- Romaji
- saku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to tear; to rip up · godan verb, transitive
- to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen) · godan verb, transitive
- to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers) · godan verb, transitive
- to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye · godan verb, transitive · archaic
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 裂く
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 | 裂く | さく saku |
| Polite (~masu) | 裂きます | さきます sakimasu |
| Negative | 裂かない | さかない sakanai |
| Polite negative | 裂きません | さきません sakimasen |
| Past | 裂いた | さいた saita |
| Polite past | 裂きました | さきました sakimashita |
| Negative past | 裂かなかった | さかなかった sakanakatta |
| Te-form | 裂いて | さいて saite |
| Potential | 裂ける | さける sakeru |
| Passive | 裂かれる | さかれる sakareru |
| Causative | 裂かせる | さかせる sakaseru |
| Volitional | 裂こう | さこう sakou |
| Imperative | 裂け | さけ sake |
| Conditional (~ba) | 裂けば | さけば sakeba |
Kanji in 裂く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 裂く.
Source: JMdict entry 1207730 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.