Moto 壊: Demolition; Break; DestroyKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- カイ、エ
- Kun'yomi
- こわ(す)、こわ(れる)、やぶ(る)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 130 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (カイ・エ)
- 崩壊ほうかいcollapse; crumbling
- 破壊はかいdestruction; disruption
- 壊滅かいめつdestruction; annihilation
- 損壊そんかいdamage; destruction
- 倒壊とうかいdestruction; collapse
- 全壊ぜんかいcomplete destruction
- 半壊はんかいpartial destruction
- 壊死えしnecrosis
- 決壊けっかいburst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach
- 破壊的はかいてきdestructive; devastating
- 自壊じかいdisintegration
- せん断破壊せんだんはかいshear failure
- アルファ崩壊アルファほうかいalpha decay
- オゾン層破壊オゾンそうはかいozone layer depletion
- ガス壊疽ガスえそgas gangrene
- ガンマ崩壊ガンマほうかいgamma decay
- バブル崩壊バブルほうかいcollapse of bubble economy; economic bubble burst
- ベータ崩壊ベータほうかいbeta decay
- 不壊ふえindestructibility
- 中毒性表皮壊死症ちゅうどくせいひょうひえししょうtoxic epidermal necrosis
- 住宅バブル崩壊じゅうたくバブルほうかいcollapse of the housing bubble
- 作画崩壊さくがほうかいinconsistently, horribly drawn animated film or cartoon; animated cartoon episode of lower picture quality than other episodes in the same series
- 価格崩壊かかくほうかいprice destruction
- 価格破壊かかくはかいsudden, wide-spread drop in prices
- 偶像破壊ぐうぞうはかいiconoclasm; image breaking
- 剪断破壊せんだんはかいshear failure
- 医療崩壊いりょうほうかいcollapse of the medical care system; medical care breakdown
- 原子核崩壊げんしかくほうかいnuclear decay
- 原子破壊機げんしはかいきcyclotron
- 器物損壊きぶつそんかいproperty damage (not including ships, buildings, planes and documents)
- 国際連合大量破壊兵器廃棄特別委員会こくさいれんごうたいりょうはかいへいきはいきとくべついいんかいUnited Nations Special Commission; UNSCOM
- 圧壊あっかいcrushing; breaking by applying pressure
- 壁崩壊かべほうかいfall of a wall
- 壊乱かいらんcorruption (of order, customs, etc.)
- 壊劫えこうthe kalpa of destruction (the third aeon of the universe)
- 壊変かいへん(radioactive) decay; disintegration
- 壊変毎分かいへんまいふんdisintegration per minute; dpm
- 壊変毎秒かいへんまいびょうdecays per second; disintegrations per second
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 壊すこわすto break; to destroy
- 壊れるこわれるto be broken; to break
- 取り壊しとりこわしdemolition; pulling down
- 取り壊すとりこわすto demolish; to tear down
- おなかを壊すおなかをこわすto get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
- かき壊すかきこわすto scratch open (a wound); to scratch off (a scab)
- たたき壊すたたきこわすto tear down; to shatter
- ぶち壊すぶちこわすto destroy; to crush
- ぶっ壊すぶっこわすto destroy; to crush
- ブレーカーが壊れるブレーカーがこわれるto trip a circuit breaker
- 体を壊すからだをこわすto harm one's health
- 取壊しとりこわしdemolition; pulling down
- 取壊すとりこわすto demolish; to tear down
- 叩き壊すたたきこわすto tear down; to shatter
- 壊れものこわれものfragile article; breakables
- 壊れ易いこわれやすいfragile; break easily
- 壊れ物こわれものfragile article; breakables
Other readings
- α崩壊アルファほうかいalpha decay
- β崩壊ベータほうかいbeta decay
- γ崩壊ガンマほうかいgamma decay
- お腹を壊すおなかをこわすto get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
- ブチ壊すぶちこわすto destroy; to crush
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