N21362/1725

くだ

rarely used kanji formgodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verb

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Meanings

  • to break (into pieces), to smash, to crush, to shatter, to grind (into powder), to pound
  • to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.), to crush, to frustrate
  • to simplify, to make easy to understand

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Example sentences

かれいしくだいてこなにした。

He crushed the stone into powder.

むずかしい言葉ことばくだいて説明せつめいしてください。

Please simplify the difficult words and explain them.

長年ながねんゆめくだかれた瞬間しゅんかん彼女かのじょくずれた。

The moment her long-held dream was shattered, she broke down crying.

コーヒーまめくだための専用せんよう機械きかい必要ひつようだ。

A dedicated machine is needed to grind coffee beans.

かれ自信じしんくだつもりはなかったが、結果けっかとしてそうなってしまった。

I had no intention of crushing his confidence, but that is what ended up happening.