break, crush, dissipate, smash

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

カイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

つい.えるつぶ.すつぶ.れる

Information

Grade:8
Strokes:15
JLPT:N/A
Frequency:N/A

Vocabulary

カイ

WordReadingMeaning
かいめつ(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
ほうかいcollapse; crumbling; breaking down; caving in; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
いかいようstomach ulcer; gastric ulcer
ぜんかいcomplete destruction
かいようulcer

Other

WordReadingMeaning
ひまつぶしkilling time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
つぶす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)
つぶれるto be crushed; to be squashed; to be smashed; to be destroyed; to be broken; to collapse; to go bankrupt; to go under; to fail; to collapse; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to collapse (e.g. of a project); to fall through; to blow up; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.); to cease functioning; to be taken up (of one's time); to be lost; to be wasted; to be missed (of a chance); to be lost; to be lost (of face, composure, etc.); to broken down (e.g. of one's courage); to be broken (of one's heart); to be worn down (of a pen nib, saw teeth, etc.); to wear away; to become dull; to get dead drunk
おしつぶすto crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
かおをつぶすto make someone lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish