break, crush, discourage, sprain

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

くじ.くくじ.ける

Information

Grade:8
Strokes:10
JLPT:N/A
Frequency:1869

Vocabulary

WordReadingMeaning
ざせつsetback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
ねんざsprain; twist; wrench
ざしょうsprain; wrench; bruise; contusion; fracture
のうざしょうcerebral contusion
とんざsetback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage

Other

WordReadingMeaning
くじくto sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten; to dispirit; to depress; to unnerve; to crush
くじけるto be disheartened; to lose heart; to be dispirited; to be crushed (emotionally); to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
えいをくじくto break the brunt
くじきsprain
でばなをくじくto spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails