N4314/566

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godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verb

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Meanings

  • to break, to destroy, to demolish
  • to wreck, to ruin, to spoil, to damage
  • to break (a bill, etc.)

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Example sentences

かれまどこわした

He broke the window.

おもちゃをこわさないでください

Please don't break the toy.

おとうとわたしのパソコンをこわしてしまった

My younger brother accidentally broke my computer.

ふる建物たてものこわしてあたらしいビルをてる予定よていだ。

There are plans to demolish the old building and construct a new one.

千円札せんえんさつこわために自動販売機じどうはんばいきなにった。

I bought something from a vending machine to break a 1000-yen bill.