Vocab Info

N3 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

(くだ)けるto break (into pieces), to be broken, to be smashed, to collapse, to crumble, to decline, to cool (e.g. enthusiasm), to dampen (e.g. one's will to fight), to become less formal, to throw off reserve, to become affable, to become easy to understand (e.g. a story), to be worried

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

      1.

      to break (into pieces), to be broken, to be smashed

    2. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

      2.

      to collapse, to crumble, to decline, to cool (e.g. enthusiasm), to dampen (e.g. one's will to fight)

    3. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

      3.

      to become less formal, to throw off reserve, to become affable

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    4. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

      4.

      to become easy to understand (e.g. a story)

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    5. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

      5.

      to be worried

    All Forms

    砕ける 【くだける】摧ける 【くだける】

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    Examples

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      (こし)(くだ)(ころ)んでしまいました。

      I broke my back and fell.

      • N3

      コップが地面(じめん)()ちて粉々(こなごな)(くだ)ける

      The cup falls to the ground and shatters.

      • N3

      (わたし)(かた)表現(ひょうげん)よりも(くだ)表現(ひょうげん)をよく使(つか)います。

      I use informal expressions more often than formal ones.

      • N3

      緊張(きんちょう)()れて態度(たいど)(くだ)けるまでにはもう(すこ)時間(じかん)がかかるだろう。

      It'll take a little more time for the tension to ease and the formality to shatter. (Become easygoing)

      • N3

      柔道(じゅうどう)(いた)いところを()かれた選手(せんしゅ)(こし)(くだ)地面(じめん)にへたり()んでしまった。

      The player who got tired of the painful part in judo fell to the ground with a shattered back.

      • N2
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