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JLPT N38画 · 8 strokesradical

break, destroy

On'yomi (音読み)

  • カイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • こわ.す
  • こわ.れる

Meanings across languages

English
break, destroy
Tiếng Việt
phá hủy, bị hỏng
日本語
壊す, 壊れる

Common compounds

  • 壊れるこわれるto break, to be broken
  • 壊すこわすto break, to destroy
  • 壊滅かいめつdestruction, devastation
  • 崩壊ほうかいcollapse, fall apart

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