destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
explosion; rupture; break off
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
breaking off an engagement
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
to break the silence; to break one's silence
travelling on foot; traveling on foot; travelling all over
crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
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
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
force (bulldoze) one's way through
to tear up and throw away
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema
unheard-of; unprecedented
age 16 (of a girl); pubescence; age 64 (of a man); breaking of the hymen (during sex); defloration
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
desperation; self-abandonment
to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words
to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
running the whole distance
unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box
tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper
explosive blast (in construction, mining, etc.); blasting
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
visiting another school (e.g. of kendo) and defeating each member in a fight
plight; fix; bind; awkward situation; difficult situation; mess
to break the rules; to violate the rules; to infringe the rules
rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
environmental destruction
arguing someone down; scolding; rebuking; proclaiming (the truth); expounding
weapon of mass destruction; WMD
to make a breakthrough; to break ground
to rip out (and take); to tear out
against the rules; breaking etiquette; illegal
breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
water breaking (during pregnancy)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
personal bankruptcy; voluntary bankruptcy
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
depraved monk; sinful priest
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
complete destruction; demolition
safecracking; safecracker
thug; hooligan; ruffian; (arch.) spy
(ceremonial) arrow used to drive off evil
to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words
to break by stepping on; to trample; to stomp on; to walk across; to travel on foot
(sense of) crushing evil and spreading the truth
self-destruction; self-sabotage
near bankruptcy; edge of bankruptcy; bumper-to-bumper
heart-breaking (esp. in physical activity such as running)
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
bankrupt person; insolvent person
sudden, wide-spread drop in prices
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
abandonment of the status quo; destroying the status quo; overthrowing the present situation
breaking out of prison; jailbreak
to be ruined; to fail; to undergo a break-up; to go bankrupt
breaking a lock; picking a lock
myocardial rupture; cardiac rupture; heart rupture; cardiorrhexis; cardioclasis
adjudication of bankruptcy
to be ruined; to fail; to undergo a break-up; to go bankrupt
breaking (an agreement, promise); cancellation (of a contract)
to bust down a door; to break a door open
to break the record; to break a record
tumbledown or dilapidated house
strikebreaker; scab; strikebreaking
broken mirror; marital separation; divorce; partially-eclipsed moon
jailbreak; breaking out of prison; person who escapes from jail; prison escapee
artistic modulations in traditional Japanese performances; opening, middle and climax (end)
breaking through or sneaking past a barrier
mutual assured destruction
to break the Buddhist commandments
out of tune; (poetic) broken meter
full of holes (e.g. argument); vulnerable to any kind of attack (or criticism, etc.)
against the rules; breaking etiquette; illegal
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
iconoclasm; image breaking
Clostridium tetani (tetanus bacillus)
trustee or administrator in bankruptcy
winning successively; defeating one's enemy in succession
driving characteristics; road handling ability
Shuhari; three stages of mastery: the fundamentals, breaking with tradition, creating one's own techniques
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
destroy a country, but its mountains and rivers remain; the land outlasts the king
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
uterine rupture; hysterorrhexis; metrorrhexis
infamous crime or offense (offence)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
(ceremonial) bow used to drive off evil; toy bow and arrow
resounding voice; thunderous voice
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum
marriage breakup; divorce; engagement breakup
(Japanese) Anti-Subversive Activities Act
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
to argue down; to confute
karahafu; bow-shaped eaves of a gabled roof; undulating gable; cusped gable
broken umbrella; torn umbrella; shredded umbrella plant (Syneilesis palmata)
there is a suitable spouse for everyone; every Jack has his Jill; (lit.) a mended lid for a cracked pot
to read through (difficult passage or particularly long book)
rate of destruction; destruction ratio
destroy a country, but its mountains and rivers remain; the land outlasts the king
Saiha; one of the eight gods of the koyomi
a broken relationship can never be repaired; a divorced couple are never reconciled; (lit.) a broken mirror will never shine again
crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
economic collapse; financial failure; bankruptcy
shoot-down order (e.g. for ballistic missile)
to expose (a secret, scandal, etc.); to disclose; to uncover; to unmask
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
escaping from an island exile
personal bankruptcy caused by excessive card-loan borrowing
subversive; subversive element
breaking into a hearty laugh
overcoming a difficulty; breaking through a barrier; clearing a hurdle
shabby clothes and an old hat
Oklahoma City bombing (April 19, 1995)
skeleton shrimp (Caprella mutica); spectre shrimp; specter shrimp
bottle breakage; broken bottle
(Japanese) Anti-Subversive Activities Act
fragile item; broken article
myocardial rupture; cardiac rupture; heart rupture; cardiorrhexis
establishing and refuting (a doctrine)
to argue down; to confute
opening section of a Chinese poem or essay (in which the topic is broached); broaching the topic of a poem or essay in its opening lines
with one's country in ruins
hebephrenia; disorganized schizophrenia (disorganised)
exposure; disclosure; exposé; revelation
(girl's arrival at) puberty
chasm; interstice; crevice; vulva; slit; cunt
chasm; interstice; crevice; vulva; slit; cunt
crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to expose (a secret, scandal, etc.); to disclose; to uncover; to unmask
fragile item; broken article
padre; title for Portuguese Jesuits (in Japan in the 16th century); Christianity; Christian
there is a suitable spouse for everyone; every Jack has his Jill; (lit.) a mended lid for a cracked pot
partitioned lidded wooden lunchbox; food served in such a box
partitioned lidded wooden lunchbox; food served in such a box
partitioned lidded wooden lunchbox; food served in such a box
partitioned lidded wooden lunchbox; food served in such a box
exposure; disclosure; exposé; revelation
exposure; disclosure; exposé; revelation
exposure; disclosure; exposé; revelation
in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style
bottle breakage; broken bottle
bottle breakage; broken bottle
fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine; what's done is done; there's no use crying over spilled milk
to get torn; to wear out; to be frustrated; to break
crushable; breakable; friability
breaking down antiquated notions; abandoning old-time ways; correcting long-standing abuses
United Nations Special Commission; UNSCOM
ballistic-missile shoot-down order; order to shoot down a ballistic missile
guillotine break; guillotine rupture
voiceless retroflex plosive
voiceless retroflex plosive
bargeboard; vergeboard; gableboard
hydraulic fracturing; fracking
hydrofracturing; hydraulic fracturing; fracking; fraccing
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
unreleased stop; applosive