| Example in Japanese | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - 破くのよ - 破く？ | Like this. "Lip" them. |
| - ヒドイ 破いた | [laughing] [shirt rips] You jerk! |
| 破いて | - Rip them. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | دمع | Azeri | cırmaq |
| Dutch | afscheuren,afschieten, doorscheuren, inscheuren, losscheuren, platgooien, scheuren, wegscheuren | English | tear |
| Esperanto | disduigi, disŝiri, elŝiri, forŝiri | Estonian | käristama, rebestuma |
| Faroese | ríva, skerja, slíta | Finnish | nyhtäistä, nyhtää, raastaa, repeillä, repeytyä, repiä |
| French | larmoyer, larronner, s’arracher | German | reißen |
| Greek | δακρύζω, δαμάζομαι, διαρρηγνύω, σχίζω, σχολάζω | Hebrew | קרע |
| Hungarian | szakad, szakít, tép | Indonesian | berlinang, mencabik |
| Italian | defiggere, dilacerare, sbrindellare, sdrucire, sdrucirsi, stracciare, stracciarsi, strappare, strapparsi | Latvian | plēst, plīst, saplēst |
| Polish | oddzierać, rozdzierać, rozedrzeć, rozerwać, rozrywać, rwać, stargać | Russian | драть, напарывать, напороть, порвать, рвать |
| Spanish | arrancarse, desgarrarse, rasgarse | Swedish | rifva, riva |
| Thai | ฉีก, พราก | Turkish | hırpalanmak, yırtılmak, yırtmak |
| Vietnamese | xé |