Word Meaning 千切る

ちぎる chigiru

千切る is read as ちぎる (chigiru) and means to do ... heavily.

Meaning

English

  1. to do ... heavily
  2. to do ... heartily
  3. to do ... vigorously
  4. to pick (e.g. fruit)
  5. to pluck
  6. to tear off
  7. to tear to pieces
  8. to tear to shreds

Reading

Kana

ちぎる

Romaji

chigiru

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 8 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 14170 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

千切れる

ちぎれる

to be torn off

千切り

せんぎり

finely cut strips (of vegetables)

ぶっ千切る

ぶっちぎる

to beat by a wide margin (in a race)

食千切る

くいちぎる

to bite off

千切り大根

せんぎりだいこん

dried radish strips

千里の行も足下に始まる

せんりのこうもそっかにはじまる

a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

千鳥

ちどり

plover

千代

ちよ

thousand years

千九百年代

せんきゅうひゃくねんだい

the 1900s

千秋楽

せんしゅうらく

final day of a tournament

千秋

せんしゅう

thousand years