砕く

くだく

Also written 摧く

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to break (into pieces); to smash; to crush; to shatter; to grind (into powder); to pound
2. to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to frustrate
3. to simplify; to make easy to understand

Kanji

• 砕 smash. Read as くだく.

Example sentences

• 愛は人の心を砕くこともできるのさ。
  But love can break your heart.
• ピックは硬い地表を砕くために用いられる長い取っ手の道具だ。
  A pick is a long handled tool used for breaking up hard ground surfaces.
• 彼の希望は無残に砕かれた。
  His hopes were shattered.

Common phrases

• 心を砕く (こころをくだく) to take great pains
• 氷を砕く
• 骨を砕く
• 粉々に砕く (こなごなにくだく) to smash to pieces
• 石を砕く

Related forms

• 砕ける (くだける) to break (into pieces) (intransitive partner)

Words containing 砕く

• 突き砕く (つきくだく) to grind up

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