砕き (クダキ)
Kudaki · くだき — 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 →
砕き in rōmaji: kudaki.
| 表層形 (Surface) |
砕き
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
砕く
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| 読み (Reading) |
クダキ
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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-一般
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
砕き
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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 pieces, or metaphorically crushing hopes. Often seen in news and daily speech.
岩を砕き、砂にしてしまう。
Iwa o kudaki, suna ni shite shimau.
It breaks the rock and turns it into sand.
彼の夢を砕きたくない。
Kare no yume o kudakitakunai.
I don't want to shatter his dream.
⚖️ Commonly confused with 'waru' (割る), which means to break into larger pieces, while 'kudaku' implies crushing into smaller fragments.
砕き 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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