壊こわれる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
1. to be broken; to break; to fall apart; to collapse; to be destroyed; to be damaged
After all, anything with a physical form breaks someday.
2. to break (down); to stop working
The bath at my place is broken, you see.
3. to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse; to break down (of a relationship, negotiations, etc.); to be broken off; to be ruined (of an atmosphere, one's image, etc.)
Kanji used
break
Pitch accent
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Examples (69 in total)
Is anything broken?
It's broken.
This is broken.
Sure enough, it's broken.
The mirror broke.
The television is broken.
My camera broke.
The shower is broken.
The radio is broken.
Oh, it was broken, but it got fixed.
My laptop broke.
The lock is broken.
My bicycle broke.
The heater is broken.
It's no good, it's about to break.
My phone was broken.
If it's not broken, don't fix it.
This machine is broken.
My mobile phone is broken.
The bath at my place is broken, you see.
My computer is broken.
Aaah!! My computer is broken!
One can restore broken things to their original state.
Both of the windows were broken.
The heating in the dorm is broken.
My cellphone charger broke down.
His car was seriously damaged.
Won't it break if you make it any thinner?
Even if it breaks, you just need to create something new.
The thin wooden stick broke!
The handle of my umbrella broke.
You can't ride a broken-down motorbike.
Broken parts were lying on the floor.
A phase where things break will inevitably come.
Not a few houses were destroyed in the typhoon.
Water spouted from the broken faucet.
Is that long chimney broken?
My father fixed the broken chair.
It must've been broken during shipping.
It must have been broken during shipping.
After all, anything with a physical form breaks someday.
The building may crash at any time.
The broken doll is mine.
This old car is always broken.
It feels like it would break if handled even a little roughly.
I heard the sound of something I had cherished in my heart breaking.
My TV broke, so I had to take it to get it repaired.
This chair is so flimsy it looks like it would break if you sat on it.
If it is a relationship that breaks because of that, then that is the end of it.
My old VCR broke, so I can't watch my tapes.
That broken vase is my grandfather's.
If it breaks, you have no choice but to rely on the manufacturer.
Why are pretty things so fragile?
The clock that got broken must be repaired right away.
There is a precariousness that makes it seem like it would break just from being touched.
Whatever it is, once it breaks, I just throw it away.
If you apply more pressure than necessary, it will break.
The unnaturalness of the broken building also makes sense if interpreted that way.
I had had my watch repaired, but it broke again.
Tom fixed the broken chair.
They replaced the broken television with a new one.
The earphones I'd been using for a long time finally broke.
I can't listen to music at night anymore because my headphones broke.
I made a temporary repair to the broken door.
One of them is a spare for when one breaks.
The machine broke because he had not looked after it properly.
Furthermore, they dug a moat and repaired the houses that were on the verge of collapsing.
The engineers blew up the bridge because it was about to collapse.
Finally, their friendship ended and their close relationship disappeared.