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ぽきっと

pokitto

Snapping something thin cleanly

The crisp sound of snapping a thin stick, pencil, or bone. A clean, decisive break of something slender.

💡Breaking a twig while hiking — 'The dry branch snapped pokitto under my foot.'

Example

枝をぽきっと折った。

I snapped the branch pokitto.

Quiz yourself

He ___ snapped the chopsticks apart before eating.

食べる前に割り箸を○○と割った。

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