Kanji details for 摧
摧
break, smash, crush, familiar, popular
KUN:
- くだ.くkuda.ku
ON:
- サイsai
- サsa
Example words(showing 4 results)
Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
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to break, to smash
All readings:
砕く【くだく】
、摧く【くだく】
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to break (into pieces), to be broken, to be smashed
2.
to collapse, to crumble, to decline, to cool (e.g. enthusiasm), to dampen (e.g. one's will to fight)
3.
to become less formal, to throw off reserve, to become affable
See also:くだけた
4.
to become easy to understand (e.g. a story)
See also:くだけた
5.
to be worried
All readings:
砕ける【くだける】
、摧ける【くだける】
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
honourable defeat, honorable defeat, honourable death, honorable death, death without surrender
2.
trying but being utterly beaten, being completely rejected when professing one's love(colloquialism)(only relevant for 玉砕)
All readings:
玉砕【ぎょくさい】
、玉摧【ぎょくさい】