Keyword
break
Info
FrequencyTop 500-600
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 4
Heisig427
Old form
Readings
かい
(55%)
こわ
(43%)
Composed of
earth
ten
small net
garment
Used in vocabulary (133 in total)
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
destruction; collapse; crumbling
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
partial destruction
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
damage; destruction
to harm one's health
destructive; devastating
disintegration; self-destruction
fragile article; breakables; broken article
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to tear down; to shatter
necrosis
subversive activities
complete destruction
demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
environmental destruction
property damage (not including ships, buildings, planes and documents)
crushing; breaking by applying pressure
to tear down; to shatter
destruction of nature
family breakdown; family disintegration; collapse of one's family
class disruption (e.g. due to discipline problems); classroom chaos
indestructibility
corruption (of order, customs, etc.); to fall apart (organization, system, etc.)
collapse of bubble economy; economic bubble burst
rout; stampede
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
fragile article; breakables; broken article
self-destruction; self-sabotage
gangrene
sudden, wide-spread drop in prices
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
inconsistently, horribly drawn animated film or cartoon; animated cartoon episode of lower picture quality than other episodes in the same series
firm and solid; sturdy and indestructible; unshakable; adamantine
non-destructive
collapse of the medical care system; medical care breakdown
corruption of public morals; an offense against public morality
iconoclasm; image breaking
fragile; break easily
antiscorbutic; preventive against scurvy
the kalpa of destruction (the third aeon of the universe)
(the act of) disintegration
rate of destruction; destruction ratio
pancreatic necrosis
economic collapse; economic meltdown
partial building damage comprising 50-70% of the surface area
rotting and crumbling
shoot-down order (e.g. for ballistic missile)
ozone layer depletion
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
subversive; subversive element
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
extremely robust; (lit.) strong enough for an elephant to step on
to scratch open (a wound); to scratch off (a scab)
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; caving in
cytolysis; breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane
(Japanese) Anti-Subversive Activities Act
debris avalanche (of a volcano); collapse of volcanic edifice; sector collapse
necrotizing fasciitis; necrotising fasciitis; flesh-eating bacteria syndrome
animal hoarding; compulsive accumulation of pets
(radioactive) decay; disintegration
gas gangrene
demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
to scratch open (a wound); to scratch off (a scab)
to scratch open (a wound); to scratch off (a scab)
breaking; demolishing; smashing; being broken; being ruined; being destroyed
disintegration of a cell nucleus
Colony Collapse Disorder; Vanishing Bee Syndrome
to trip a circuit breaker
destructive addition
tumor necrosis factor (e.g. cachexin); tumour necrosis factor; TNF
ballistic-missile shoot-down order; order to shoot down a ballistic missile
disintegration per minute; dpm
pancreatic necrosis
pulmonary gangrene; gangrenous pneumonia
decays per second; disintegrations per second; dps
osteonecrosis; avascular necrosis; bone infarction
Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things
Examples (191 in total)
He was ignorant of the fact that the town had been destroyed.
The town was destroyed during the war.
The city was destroyed in the war.