壊す

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
こわ
Grade: S
Alternative spelling
壞す (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「壊す
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
壊す
Imperative (命令形) 壊せ
Key constructions
Passive 壊される わされ
Causative 壊させる わさせ
Potential 壊せる わせ
Volitional 壊そう わそ
Negative 壊さない わさない
Negative perfective 壊さなかった わさなかった
Formal 壊します わしま
Perfective 壊した した
Conjunctive 壊して して
Hypothetical conditional 壊せば せば

Verb

(こわ) (kowasutransitive godan (stem (こわ) (kowashi), past (こわ)した (kowashita))

Japanese verb pair
active 壊す
mediopassive 壊れる
  1. to break, destroy, ruin, wreck (something)
    スマホ(こわ)してしまう
    sumaho o kowashiteshimau
    (accidentally) break one's smartphone
    (なか)(こわ)
    onaka o kowasu
    to give oneself an upset stomach

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN