"壊れる" meaning in Japanese

See 壊れる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-壊れる-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Verb

IPA: [ko̞β̞a̠ɾe̞ɾɯ̟]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|こわれる|hhira=こはれる|tr=intrans|type=2}} 壊(こわ)れる • (kowareru) ^(←こはれる (kofareru)?)intransitive ichidan (stem 壊(こわ)れ (koware), past 壊(こわ)れた (kowareta)) Forms: 壊れる [canonical] (ruby: (こわ)), kowareru [romanization], kofareru [romanization], 壊れ [stem] (ruby: (こわ)), 壊れた [past] (ruby: (こわ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 壊れ [error-unrecognized-form], こわれ [error-unrecognized-form], koware [error-unrecognized-form], 壊れる [error-unrecognized-form], こわれる [error-unrecognized-form], kowareru [error-unrecognized-form], 壊れれ [error-unrecognized-form], こわれれ [error-unrecognized-form], kowarere [error-unrecognized-form], 壊れよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 壊れろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], こわれよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], こわれろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], kowareyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], kowarero [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 壊れられる [passive], こわれられる [passive], kowarerareru [passive], 壊れさせる [causative], 壊れさす [causative], こわれさせる [causative], こわれさす [causative], kowaresaseru [causative], kowaresasu [causative], 壊れられる [potential], 壊れれる [colloquial, potential], こわれられる [potential], こわれれる [colloquial, potential], kowarerareru [potential], kowarereru [colloquial, potential], 壊れよう [volitional], こわれよう [volitional], kowareyō [volitional], 壊れない [negative], 壊れぬ [negative], 壊れん [negative], こわれない [negative], こわれぬ [negative], こわれん [negative], kowarenai [negative], kowarenu [negative], kowaren [negative], 壊れず [continuative, negative], こわれず [continuative, negative], kowarezu [continuative, negative], 壊れます [formal], こわれます [formal], kowaremasu [formal], 壊れた [perfective], こわれた [perfective], kowareta [perfective], 壊れて [conjunctive], こわれて [conjunctive], kowarete [conjunctive], 壊れれば [conditional, hypothetical], こわれれば [conditional, hypothetical], kowarereba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to break, to be broken, to be destroyed, to be wrecked
    Sense id: en-壊れる-ja-verb-oqkDg74F
  2. to fall through; to be broken off
    Sense id: en-壊れる-ja-verb-NPwcUts6 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 7 75 18 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 16 55 29 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 14 62 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 10 64 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 14 62 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 83 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 86 10
  3. (informal) to go mad; to lose it Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-壊れる-ja-verb-TUU6De2w Categories (other): Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 19 34 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 19 33 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 壊す (kowasu) (ruby: (こわ)) (english: (v.tr) break), 潰れる (tsubureru) (ruby: (つぶ)) (english: (v.i)), 崩れる (kuzureru) (ruby: (くず)) (english: (v.i))
Etymology number: 1
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "(v.i) be built",
      "roman": "tatsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "建",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "建つ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "壊れる",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "壊",
          "こわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowareru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kofareru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れ",
      "roman": "koware",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "壊",
          "こわ"
        ]
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "壊れた",
      "roman": "kowareta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "壊",
          "こわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "koware",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowarere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowareyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowarero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowarerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowaresaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowaresasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowarerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowarereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowareyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowarenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowarenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowaren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowarezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowaremasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowareta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowarete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowarereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "こわれる",
        "hhira": "こはれる",
        "tr": "intrans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "壊(こわ)れる • (kowareru) ^(←こはれる (kofareru)?)intransitive ichidan (stem 壊(こわ)れ (koware), past 壊(こわ)れた (kowareta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "(v.tr) break",
      "roman": "kowasu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "壊",
          "こわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "壊す"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "(v.i)",
      "roman": "tsubureru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "潰",
          "つぶ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "潰れる"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "(v.i)",
      "roman": "kuzureru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "崩",
          "くず"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "崩れる"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "A bridge was destroyed by a flood.",
          "roman": "Kōzui de hashi ga kowareta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "洪水",
              "こうずい"
            ],
            [
              "橋",
              "はし"
            ],
            [
              "壊",
              "こわ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "洪水で橋が壊れた。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "An automobile was wrecked in a collision.",
          "roman": "Shōtotsu jiko de jidōsha ga kowareta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "衝突",
              "しょうとつ"
            ],
            [
              "事故",
              "じこ"
            ],
            [
              "自動車",
              "じどうしゃ"
            ],
            [
              "壊",
              "こわ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "衝突事故で自動車が壊れた。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to break, to be broken, to be destroyed, to be wrecked"
      ],
      "id": "en-壊れる-ja-verb-oqkDg74F",
      "links": [
        [
          "break",
          "break"
        ],
        [
          "broken",
          "broken"
        ],
        [
          "destroyed",
          "destroyed"
        ],
        [
          "wrecked",
          "wrecked"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 75 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 55 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 62 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 64 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 62 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 83 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 86 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              23,
              38
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "A printing machine has been broken off.",
          "roman": "Insatsuki ga kowareta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "印刷機",
              "いんさつき"
            ],
            [
              "壊",
              "こわ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "印刷機が壊れた。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fall through; to be broken off"
      ],
      "id": "en-壊れる-ja-verb-NPwcUts6",
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "broken off",
          "break off"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 34 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 33 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to go mad; to lose it"
      ],
      "id": "en-壊れる-ja-verb-TUU6De2w",
      "links": [
        [
          "go mad",
          "go mad"
        ],
        [
          "lose it",
          "lose it"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) to go mad; to lose it"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "こわれる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞β̞a̠ɾe̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "壊れる"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "破れる"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": "en-壊れる-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "壊れる"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "(v.i) be built",
      "roman": "tatsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "建",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "建つ"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese ichidan verbs",
    "Japanese intransitive verbs",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese shimo ichidan verbs",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "壊れる",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "壊",
          "こわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowareru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kofareru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れ",
      "roman": "koware",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "壊",
          "こわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れた",
      "roman": "kowareta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "壊",
          "こわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "koware",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowarere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowareyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowarero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowarerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowaresaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowaresasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowarerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowarereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowareyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowarenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowarenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowaren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowarezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowaremasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowareta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowarete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "壊れれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こわれれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kowarereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
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        "tr": "intrans",
        "type": "2"
      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "english": "(v.tr) break",
      "roman": "kowasu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "壊",
          "こわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "壊す"
    },
    {
      "english": "(v.i)",
      "roman": "tsubureru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "潰",
          "つぶ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "潰れる"
    },
    {
      "english": "(v.i)",
      "roman": "kuzureru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "崩",
          "くず"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "崩れる"
    }
  ],
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        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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              9,
              22
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              18,
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              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "A bridge was destroyed by a flood.",
          "roman": "Kōzui de hashi ga kowareta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "洪水",
              "こうずい"
            ],
            [
              "橋",
              "はし"
            ],
            [
              "壊",
              "こわ"
            ]
          ],
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        },
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              14,
              25
            ]
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              9,
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "An automobile was wrecked in a collision.",
          "roman": "Shōtotsu jiko de jidōsha ga kowareta.",
          "ruby": [
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              "衝突",
              "しょうとつ"
            ],
            [
              "事故",
              "じこ"
            ],
            [
              "自動車",
              "じどうしゃ"
            ],
            [
              "壊",
              "こわ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "衝突事故で自動車が壊れた。",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to break, to be broken, to be destroyed, to be wrecked"
      ],
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        [
          "break",
          "break"
        ],
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          "broken",
          "broken"
        ],
        [
          "destroyed",
          "destroyed"
        ],
        [
          "wrecked",
          "wrecked"
        ]
      ]
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              7
            ]
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          "english": "A printing machine has been broken off.",
          "roman": "Insatsuki ga kowareta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "印刷機",
              "いんさつき"
            ],
            [
              "壊",
              "こわ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "印刷機が壊れた。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fall through; to be broken off"
      ],
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        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "broken off",
          "break off"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to go mad; to lose it"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "go mad",
          "go mad"
        ],
        [
          "lose it",
          "lose it"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) to go mad; to lose it"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "こわれる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞β̞a̠ɾe̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "壊れる"
}

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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "破れる"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "壊れる"
}

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