Keyword
break into pieces
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig121
Old form
Readings
くだ
(81%)
さい
(18%)
Composed of
stone
ninety
Used in vocabulary (69 in total)
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to break; to smash
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
to be smashed up
to smash; to crush
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way
collapsing in the middle of a bout; breaking down (while in the middle of something); faltering halfway
making one's best exertions
take a chance; go for broke; nothing ventured, nothing gained
pulverising
to smash; to crush
crushed stone; macadam; crushing (rock)
breaker; breaking wave; broken sea
to grind up; to grind down; to pound; to crush; to mash; to stamp (ore)
the principle of honorable death and no surrender
breaker; breaking wave; spilling breaker; surging breaker; wave breaking
detritus; clastic material
to grind up; to grind down; to pound; to crush; to mash; to stamp (ore)
volcaniclastic material; pyroclastic material
crushing ore
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
to grind up; to grind down; to pound; to crush; to mash; to stamp (ore)
to shave off (esp. concrete); to take a percentage; to take a cut
grinding; trituration
making one's best exertions
to grind up; to grind down; to pound; to crush; to mash; to stamp (ore)
breaking (into pieces); shattering; something that has been broken into pieces; conclusion; course of events
grinding; trituration
stamp mill; stamping mill
easy (e.g. explanation, description); plain; familiar; informal (e.g. greeting, expression); friendly; affable (e.g. person)
grinder; crusher
to rub to pieces; to grind into powder
crushable; breakable; friability
pyroclastic rock
pyroclastic material
coffee grinder; coffee mill
hydraulic fracturing; fracking
hydrofracturing; hydraulic fracturing; fracking; fraccing
Examples (7 in total)
The ice cracked under the weight.
His dreams were shattered.
His hopes were shattered.