砕い (クダイ)
Kudai · くだい — to break (into pieces), to smash, to crush, to shatter, to grind (into powder), to pound; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.), to crush, to frustrate; to simplify, to make easy to understand
Other ways to say “to break” in Japanese →
砕い in rōmaji: kudai.
| 表層形 (Surface) |
砕い
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
砕く
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| 読み (Reading) |
クダイ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
動詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
五段-カ行
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
連用形-イ音便
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
砕い
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| 読み・基本形 |
クダク
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| 表記・基本形 |
砕く
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| 見出し語の読み |
クダク
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Used in casual and formal contexts to describe physically breaking something into small pieces or metaphorically crushing hopes/plans.
彼は石を砕いて粉にした。
Kare wa ishi o kudaite kona ni shita.
He crushed the stone into powder.
その知らせは彼の夢を砕いた。
Sono shirase wa kare no yume o kuda ita.
That news shattered his dreams.
⚖️ Often confused with 壊す (kowasu), but 砕く emphasizes breaking into smaller pieces, while 壊す means to break or damage something, not necessarily into pieces.
砕い means “to break (into pieces), to smash, to crush, to shatter, to grind (into powder), to pound; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.), to crush, to frustrate; to simplify, to make easy to understand” — full definition & examples →
| ます形 (Polite) |
砕きます
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| て形 (Te-form) |
砕いて
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| 過去形 (Past) |
砕いた
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
砕かない
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| 意向形 (Volitional) |
砕きましょう
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| 可能形 (Potential) |
砕ける
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| 受身形 (Passive) |
砕かれる
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| 使役形 (Causative) |
砕かせる
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