Moto 破: Rend; Rip; TearKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ハ
- Kun'yomi
- やぶ(る)、やぶ(れる)、わ(れる)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 281 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ハ)
- 破壊はかいdestruction; disruption
- 爆破ばくはdestructive blast; blowing up
- 破産はさんbankruptcy; insolvency
- 破片はへんfragment; broken piece
- 打破だはbreaking down; defeating
- 破裂はれつexplosion; rupture
- 破局はきょくcatastrophe; cataclysm
- 破滅はめつruin; destruction
- 破損はそんdamage
- 破棄はきtearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry)
- 大破たいはserious damage; drubbing
- 破格はかくextraordinary; special
- ご破算ごはさんstarting afresh; going back to square one
- 撃破げきはcrushing
- 破壊的はかいてきdestructive; devastating
- 破天荒はてんこうunheard-of; unprecedented
- 破戒はかいbreaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
- 破砕はさいcrushing (into pieces); smashing
- 破竹はちくbreaking bamboo
- 破綻はたんfailure; collapse
- 破談はだんbreaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation
- 破門はもんexpulsion (of a pupil)
- 読破どくはreading through (a book); finishing (a book)
- 走破そうはrunning the whole distance
- 踏破とうはtravelling on foot; traveling on foot
- せん断破壊せんだんはかいshear failure
- オゾン層破壊オゾンそうはかいozone layer depletion
- カード破産カードはさんpersonal bankruptcy caused by excessive card-loan borrowing
- ギロチン破断ギロチンはだんguillotine break; guillotine rupture
- 中破ちゅうはhalf damage
- 休眠打破きゅうみんだはdormancy breaking
- 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
- 入破音にゅうはおんimplosive consonant
- 内破ないはimplosion
- 内破音ないはおんunreleased stop; applosive
- 剪断破壊せんだんはかいshear failure
- 原子破壊機げんしはかいきcyclotron
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 破りやぶりgetting away from; escaping
- 破るやぶるto tear; to rip
- 型破りかたやぶりunusual; unconventional
- 打ち破るうちやぶるto break; to smash
- 破れるやぶれるto get torn; to tear
- 突き破るつきやぶるto break through; to penetrate
- 見破るみやぶるto see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into
- うち破るうちやぶるto break; to smash
- おきて破りおきてやぶりagainst the rules; breaking etiquette
- ぶち破るぶちやぶるto smash down; to beat in
- スト破りストやぶりstrikebreaker; scab
- 切り破るきりやぶるto cut to pieces
Other readings
- 突破とっぱbreaking through; breakthrough
- 喝破かっぱarguing someone down; scolding
- 連破れんぱwinning successively; defeating one's enemy in succession
- 難破なんぱshipwreck
- オクラホマシティ連邦政府ビル爆破事件オクラホマシティれんぽうせいふビルばくはじけんOklahoma City bombing (April 19, 1995)
- 中央突破ちゅうおうとっぱcentral breakthrough
- 乱破らっぱthug; hooligan
- 八方破れはっぽうやぶれfull of holes (e.g. argument); vulnerable to any kind of attack (or criticism, etc.)
- 切破るきりやぶるto cut to pieces
- 危機突破ききとっぱcrisis relief
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