潰す
つぶす
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to smash; to crush; to flatten
- to shut down; to put out of business; to force (a company) to close up shop
- to wreck; to break; to block; to thwart
- to butcher; to slaughter; to kill (livestock, for food)
- to kill (time); to while away (the time); to use up (one's time)
- to waste (e.g. talents)
Kanji
- 潰 crush. Read as つぶす.
Example sentences
- 時間を潰そうとしていた。
I was trying to kill time. - 我々はトランプ遊びで時間をつぶした。
We killed time by playing cards. - 何をして時間をつぶしますか。
What do you do to pass the time? - よくも顔をつぶしてくれたな。
You really made me lose face. - どうやって時間をつぶそう？
How can we kill time?
Common phrases
- 面目を潰す (めんぼくをつぶす) to lose face
- チャンスを潰す
- 会社を潰す
- 喉を潰す
- メンツを潰す
- じゃがいもを潰す
- 顔を潰す (かおをつぶす) to make someone lose face
- 可能性を潰す
- 豆を潰す
- ひまをつぶす to waste time
- 芽を潰す
- 才能を潰す
Related forms
- 潰れる (つぶれる) to be crushed (intransitive partner)
Words containing 潰す
- 潰し値段 (つぶしねだん) scrap value
- 潰し値 (つぶしね) scrap value
- 苦虫を噛み潰したよう (にがむしをかみつぶしたよう) sour (expression)
And 2 more.