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rend

On-Yomi: ハ — Kun-Yomi: やぶ.る、やぶ.れる

Koohii stories:

1) [johnskb] 13-6-2006(294): Before the invention of scissors or knives, sharp STONES were used to REND PELTs, so that caveman designers could complete new styles for the upcoming year.

2) [dingomick] 21-2-2007(80): Rend is a violent, primitive kind of word. (Image: cavemen rending pelts right off live animals with stone tools).

3) [Sunnan] 24-8-2008(39): Me Ugg. Me have rock. Me rend pelt with rock.

4) [Harrow] 28-11-2008(9): Hobbes is stalking with his belly low to the ground when a sharp stone rends his pelt (he is, after all, a stuffed animal).

5) [brainrobert1] 26-12-2010(7): Rock + pelt = rend. He then took a sharpened STONE to the PELT and rended it from the flesh.. 破る yaburu to tear or rip.

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