How to say "slit" in Japanese

• スリットCommon
  nounThe direct loanword for a narrow, straight slit; at home in design and fashion contexts, such as a slit in a skirt or wall.
• 切り口きりくちCommon
  nounPrimarily a cut end or cut surface; as 'slit' it covers an opening made by cutting, with the emphasis on where something has been cut open.
• 裂け目さけめCommon
  nounA tear or rip in something; use it when the slit is a crack or split — in rock, ground, or cloth — formed by tearing rather than cutting.
  私は壁かべの裂け目さけめから外そとを覗のぞいた。↗

  I peeped out through a crack in the wall.
• 割れ目われめCommon
  nounA vulgar slang term for the opening of the vagina; not a neutral way to say 'slit', so avoid it unless that is specifically what you mean.

Use 「スリット」 for a narrow straight slit as in design or clothing, 「切り口」 for an opening left by cutting, 「裂け目」 for a tear or split, and avoid 「割れ目」, which is vulgar slang for the vagina.

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• スリットslit
• 切り口きりくちcut end
• 裂け目さけめtear
• 細隙さいげきslit
• 掻き切るかききるto cut
• ワレメちゃんvulva
• 掻っ切るかっきるto cut
• かっさばくto cut
• 切れ口きれくちcut end
• 割れ目われめopening of the vagina
• スラッシュslash