| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 分裂 | ぶんれつ | split, division, break up |
| 亀裂 | きれつ | crack, crevice, fissure, chap |
| 決裂 | けつれつ | breakdown, rupture |
| 破裂 | はれつ | explosion, rupture, break off |
| 核分裂 | かくぶんれつ | nuclear fission; karyokinesis (division of a cell nucleus during mitosis or meiosis) |
| 裂け目 | さけめ | rent, tear, crack |
| 四分五裂 | しぶんごれつ, しぶごれつ | torn asunder, disrupted and disorganized |
| 裂く | さく | to tear, to rip up; to cut up, to cleave, to cut open (esp. the abdomen); to forcibly separate (i.e. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.), to use part of something; to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye |
| 裂ける | さける | to split, to tear, to burst |
| 細胞分裂 | さいぼうぶんれつ | cell division |
