壊れる

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) われ [kòwáréꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ko̞β̞a̠ɾe̞ɾɯ̟]
  • 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 [kòwáréꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 壊れろ われ [kòwáréꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 壊れられる われられ [kòwáréráréꜜrù]
Causative 壊れさせる われさせ [kòwárésáséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 壊れよう われよ [kòwáréyóꜜò]
Negative 壊れない われない [kòwáréꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 壊れなかった われなかった [kòwáréꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 壊れます われま [kòwárémáꜜsù]
Perfective 壊れた れた [kòwáꜜrètà]
Conjunctive 壊れて れて [kòwáꜜrètè]
Hypothetical conditional 壊れれば われれば [kòwáréꜜrèbà]

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
[verb] to be torn, to be worn out
[verb] to be broken
[verb] to break down, to be broken off
[verb] to be wounded, to be frustrated
Alternative spelling
敗れる
(This term, 壊れる, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)