BAKKU-RI ばっくり
Meanings
Describes something splitting, being cut, or opening very wide, leaving a conspicuously large gap.
Examples
A dress with the back or neckline gaping wide open is hard for an ordinary person to pull off.
背中（胸元）のばっくり開いたドレスは、一般人には着こなせない。
When I noticed what had happened, my bag had been slashed wide open with a knife and my wallet was gone.
気がつくと、カバンがナイフでばっくり切られ、財布が盗まれていた。
Dogmatic Opinion
For something to feel BAKKU-RI, the degree of opening needs a certain boldness—something beyond an ordinary small opening or cut.
The word overlaps strongly with PAKKU-RI. The important visual impression is that something has opened to an unusually large extent, whether it is a cut, a split, a bag, or an intentionally revealing piece of clothing.
Proximate Expression
split
Related Words
For Japanese Learners
English usually describes the result directly: gaping open, split wide open, slashed open, or cut wide open. BAKKU-RI is close to PAKKU-RI, but in either case the strikingly wide opening is the central image.
