壊れる

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
こわ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
壞れる (kyūjitai)
毀れる

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「壊れる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
壊れる われ
Imperative (命令形) 壊れろ われ
Key constructions
Passive 壊れられる われられ
Causative 壊れさせる われさせ
Potential - - -
Volitional 壊れよう われよ
Negative 壊れない われない
Negative perfective 壊れなかった われなかった
Formal 壊れます われま
Perfective 壊れた れた
Conjunctive 壊れて れて
Hypothetical conditional 壊れれば われれば

Verb

(こわ)れる (kowareruこはれる (kofareru)?intransitive ichidan (stem (こわ) (koware), past (こわ)れた (kowareta))

Japanese verb pair
active 壊す
mediopassive 壊れる
  1. to break, to be broken, to be destroyed, to be wrecked
    洪水(こうずい)(はし)(こわ)れた
    Kōzui de hashi ga kowareta.
    A bridge was destroyed by a flood.
    衝突(しょうとつ)事故(じこ)自動車(じどうしゃ)(こわ)れた
    Shōtotsu jiko de jidōsha ga kowareta.
    An automobile was wrecked in a collision.
  2. to fall through; to be broken off
    印刷機(いんさつき)(こわ)れた
    Insatsuki ga kowareta.
    A printing machine has been broken off.
  3. (informal) to go mad; to lose it
Conjugation
Antonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
やぶ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
壞れる (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 壊れる – see the following entry.
やぶれる
to be torn, to be worn out
to be broken
to break down, to be broken off
to be wounded, to be frustrated
Alternative spelling
敗れる
(This term, 壊れる, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)