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砕ける

くだける

Readings

くだける

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v1, vito break (into pieces); to be broken; to be smashed
  2. 2.
    v1, vito collapse; to crumble; to decline; to cool (e.g. enthusiasm); to dampen (e.g. one's will to fight)
  3. 3.
    v1, vito become less formal; to throw off reserve; to become affable
  4. 4.
    v1, vito become easy to understand (e.g. a story)
  5. 5.
    v1, vito be worried

Kanji breakdown

N59 strokesGrade 8

Example sentences

花瓶は粉々に砕けた。

The vase burst into fragments.

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砕けるくだける

to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve

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