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破

破 — rend, rip, tear

On
ハ
Kun
やぶる, やぶれる, われる
Strokes
10
JLPT
N3
School grade
5

Common words with 破

  • 破壊はかいdestruction; disruptionCommon

    その台風は多くの家を破壊した。
    The typhoon destroyed many houses.

  • 突破とっぱbreaking through; breakthrough; penetrationCommon

    アメリカの対外債務は5000億ドルを突破しましたよ。
    America's foreign debt shot past $500 billion.

  • 破産はさんbankruptcy; insolvencyCommon

    かけごとのために彼は破産した。
    Gambling brought about his ruin.

  • 爆破ばくはdestructive blast; blowing up; explosionCommon
  • 破片はへんfragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shardCommon
  • 破るやぶるto tear; to rip; to break; to destroyCommon
  • 打破だはbreaking down; defeating; abolishingCommon
  • 破裂はれつbursting; rupture; explosionCommon
  • 破局はきょくcatastrophe; cataclysmCommon
  • 破滅はめつruin; destruction; fallCommon
  • 破損はそんdamage; breakageCommon
  • 破棄はきtearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destructionCommon
  • 破格はかくextraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; special; abnormal; irregularCommon
  • 大破たいはserious damage; heavy damage; being wreckedCommon
  • 喝破かっぱarguing (someone) down; loudly scolding; rebukingCommon
  • 破れるやぶれるto get torn; to tear; to rip; to break; to wear outCommon
  • 破綻はたんfailure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcyCommon
  • 見破るみやぶるto see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find outCommon
  • ご破算ごはさんstarting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); calling offOccasional
  • 破門はもんexpulsion (of a pupil)Occasional

With the N5–N3 kanji, you can read 87 words that use 破.

  • 突破 とっぱ breaking through; breakthrough; penetration
  • 破産 はさん bankruptcy; insolvency
  • 破る やぶる to tear; to rip; to break; to destroy
  • 打破 だは breaking down; defeating; abolishing
  • 破局 はきょく catastrophe; cataclysm

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