Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
き > ぎ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

From () (chi) + () (kiru).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

()() (chigirutransitive godan (stem ()() (chigiri), past ()()った (chigitta))

Japanese verb pair
active 千切る
mediopassive 千切れる
  1. tear up, tear to pieces
  2. tear off, pluck

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN