ちぎる

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of ちぎる – see the following entries.
契る
[verb] to swear something, to pledge something
千切る
[verb] tear up, tear to pieces
[verb] tear off, pluck
(This term, ちぎる, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ちぎる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ちぎる.)

Suffix

ちぎる • (-chigiru) godan (stem ちぎり (-chigiri), past ちぎった (-chigitta))

  1. (after verb stems, forming a verb) greatly
    ほめる (homeru) + ちぎる (-chigiru)ほめちぎる (homechigiru)
Conjugation
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