潰える

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
つい
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
費える

Pronunciation

Verb

(つい)える (tsuieruintransitive ichidan (stem (つい) (tsuie), past (つい)えた (tsuieta))

  1. to fall apart, to collapse
  2. in war, to be utterly defeated

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN