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破 kanji
rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
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Kun readings
やぶるやぶれるわれる
Words with 破
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —破毀tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; abrogation; voiding; breaking (e.g. a treaty); reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
- —破家idiot; moron; fool; stupid; foolish; dull; absurd; ridiculous; trivial; insignificant; disappointing; malfunctioning; defective; losing sensation; incredibly; unusually; exceptionally; fervent enthusiast; nut; person singularly obsessed with something; Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)
- —破摧crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
- —破碎crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
- —素破spy (working under a samurai in the Warring States period); thief; lie; liar
- —乱破thug; hooligan; ruffian; villain; scoundrel; spy
- —破目板wainscoting; wainscotting; wood paneling
- —破たんfailure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy; tear (in clothing, etc.); rip; split
- —御破算starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); calling off; clearing an abacus
- —破ビンbottle breakage; broken bottle
- —破びんbottle breakage; broken bottle
- —青海破seigaiha; wave pattern
- —素破抜きexposure; disclosure; exposé; revelation
- —素破抜くto expose (a secret, scandal, etc.); to disclose; to uncover; to unmask
- —破茶目茶absurd; unreasonable; nonsensical; preposterous; incoherent; extreme; senseless; reckless; wanton; disorderly; chaotic; confused; messy
- —剪断破壊shear failure
- —破壊靱性fracture toughness
- —素っ破抜きexposure; disclosure; exposé; revelation
- —透っ破抜きexposure; disclosure; exposé; revelation
- —素っ破抜くto expose (a secret, scandal, etc.); to disclose; to uncover; to unmask