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ちぎる (chigiru)

to cut up fine,to pick (fruit)

  • JLPT N2
  • Godan verb
  • Pitch 2
  • #14090 most frequent

Meaning

ちぎる (chigiru) is a JLPT N2 verb meaning “to cut up fine,to pick (fruit)”.

Example sentences 7

紙かみを細こまかくちぎってください。

Please tear the paper into pieces.

1/4カットの白菜を太めの千切りにザクザク切る。

Cut the quartered pak-choi into, slightly wide, strips.

忠興はこれを咎め千世を離縁して前田利長の前田家と縁を切るよう忠隆に命じた。

Tadaoki reproached them for this and ordered Tadataka to divorce Chiyo and cut ties with Toshinaga Maeda's Maeda family.

何千頭ものバッファローが、隊列を組んで何時間も線路を横切ることがあるのだ。

Thousands of buffaloes may cross the tracks in a column for hours at a time.

Conjugation table

ちぎる is a godan verb (u-verb). Every major form with romaji:

FormJapaneseRomaji
Dictionaryちぎるchigiru
Negativeちぎらないchigiranai
Pastちぎったchigitta
Past negativeちぎらなかったchigiranakatta
Polite (ます)ちぎりますchigirimasu
Polite negativeちぎりませんchigirimasen
Polite pastちぎりましたchigirimashita
Polite past negativeちぎりませんでしたchigirimasendeshita
Te-formちぎってchigitte
Conditional (ば)ちぎればchigireba
Conditional (たら)ちぎったらchigittara
Potentialちぎれるchigireru
Passiveちぎられるchigirareru
Causativeちぎらせるchigiraseru
Causative-passiveちぎらせられるchigiraserareru
Volitionalちぎろうchigirou
Volitional politeちぎりましょうchigirimashou
Imperativeちぎれchigire
Desire (たい)ちぎりたいchigiritai

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