壊れる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
こわ
Grade: S
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 (kowareruintransitive 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

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