壊れる

Japanese

See also 壊す
Kanji in this term
こわ
Grade: S

Alternative forms

Verb

壊れる (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana こわれる, rōmaji kowareru)

Japanese verb pair
active 壊す
mediopassive 壊れる
  1. to break, to be broken, to be destroyed, to be wrecked
    洪水 (こうずい) (はし) (こわ)れた
    Kōzui de hashi ga kowareta.
    A bridge was destroyed by a flood.
    衝突事故 (しょうとつじこ) () (どう) (しゃ) (こわ)れた
    Shōtotsu jiko de jidōsha ga kowareta.
    An automobile was wrecked in a collision.
  2. to fall through; to be broken off
    印刷機 (いんさつき) (こわ)れた
    Insatsuki ga kowareta.
    A printing machine has been broken off.
  3. (informal) to go mad; to lose it

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