Kanji details for 砕
砕
Common kanji
smash, break, crush, familiar, popular
KUN:
- くだ.くkuda.ku
- くだ.けるkuda.keru
ON:
- サイsai
Example words(showing 1-10 of 56 results)
Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
•
to break, to smash
Other readings:
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
Other readings:
摧ける【くだける】
noun
•
pyroclastic flow
Other readings:
火災流【かさいりゅう】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
pulverization, pulverisation, smashing, demolishing
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)
Other readings:
玉摧【ぎょくさい】
noun
1.
crushed stone, macadam
noun, auxillary suru verb
2.
crushing (rock)
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
crushing (into pieces), smashing, cracking, breaking up
Other readings:
破摧【はさい】
、破碎【はさい】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
1.
collapsing in the middle of a bout(sumo term)
2.
breaking down (while in the middle of something), faltering halfway
expression
•
take a chance, go for broke, nothing ventured, nothing gained