ちぎる

Also written 千切る

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to tear up
2. to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to tear off
3. Suffix, Godan verb to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily; to do ... vigorously (after the -masu stem of a verb)

Common phrases

• 手でちぎる
• 葉をちぎる
• 噛み千切る (かみちぎる) to bite off

Related forms

• 千切れる (ちぎれる) to be torn off (intransitive partner)

Words containing ちぎる

• 引きちぎる (ひきちぎる) to tear off
• ぶっちぎる to beat by a wide margin (in a race)
• 食いちぎる (くいちぎる) to bite off

And 2 more.

Word lists

• JLPT N2

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