Onyomi: エ, カイ · Kunyomi: こわ.す, こわ.れる, やぶ.る · Meanings: break, demolition, destroy
Kanji for break, demolition, destroy
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 壊れる | こわれる | to be broken, to break, to fall apart, to collapse, to be destroyed, to be damaged | common JLPT-N4 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 壊す | こわす | to break, to destroy, to demolish | common JLPT-N4 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 壊滅 | かいめつ | (complete) destruction, annihilation, devastation | common Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 壊れ物 | こわれもの | fragile article, breakables | Noun |
| 壊滅的 | かいめつてき | devastating, catastrophic, crushing | Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 壊死 | えし | necrosis | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 壊疽 | えそ | gangrene | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 壊血病 | かいけつびょう | scurvy | Noun |
| 壊崩 | かいほう | collapse, crumbling, breaking down, caving in | Noun, Suru verb |
| 壊乱 | かいらん | corruption (of order, public morals, etc.), subversion, degradation | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 壊劫 | えこう | the kalpa of destruction (the third aeon of the universe) | Noun |
| 壊国 | かいこく | destroying a country | Noun |
| 壊れ易い | こわれやすい | fragile, break easily | I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 毀つ | こぼつ | to destroy, to break, to damage | Godan verb with 'tsu' ending, Transitive verb |
| 壊変 | かいへん | (radioactive) decay, disintegration | Noun, Suru verb |