to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to break the silence; to break one's silence
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
to smash down; to beat in
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout
to tear up and throw away
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
desperation; self-abandonment
to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself
tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper
unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box
visiting another school (e.g. of kendo) and defeating each member in a fight
to break the rules; to violate the rules; to infringe the rules
to rip out (and take); to tear out
against the rules; breaking etiquette; illegal
safecracking; safecracker
strikebreaker; scab; strikebreaking
to break by stepping on; to trample; to stomp on; to walk across; to travel on foot
heart-breaking (esp. in physical activity such as running)
breaking a lock; picking a lock
to bust down a door; to break a door open
breaking through or sneaking past a barrier
to break the record; to break a record
to break the Buddhist commandments
jailbreak; breaking out of prison; person who escapes from jail; prison escapee
full of holes (e.g. argument); vulnerable to any kind of attack (or criticism, etc.)
destroy a country, but its mountains and rivers remain; the land outlasts the king
to argue down; to confute
broken umbrella; torn umbrella; shredded umbrella plant (Syneilesis palmata)
to read through (difficult passage or particularly long book)
escaping from an island exile
with one's country in ruins
it's hard to discipline one's mind; (lit.) defeating the bandits in the mountains is easy; defeating the bandit in one's heart is hard
to get torn; to wear out; to be frustrated; to break