Kanji

潰

潰

crush, smash, break, dissipate

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

15 strokes

Radical

水部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

カイ, エ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

つぶす, つぶれる, ついえる

Example sentences

潰す つぶす
暇 を 潰す ため に 、 駅前 の 本屋 へ 行った

To kill time, I went to the bookstore in front of the station.

潰れる つぶれる
不況 の せい で 、 多く の 小さな 店 が 潰れた 。

Due to the recession, many small shops went out of business.

押し潰す おしつぶす
彼 は 空き缶 を 手 で 押し潰した 。

He crushed the empty can with his hand.

叩き潰す たたきつぶす
彼 は 圧倒的 な 実力 で ライバル の 野望 を 叩き潰した 。

He crushed his rival's ambitions with overwhelming ability.

時間を潰す じかんをつぶす
映画 が 始まる まで 、 カフェ で 時間を潰した 。

I killed time at a cafe until the movie started.

塗り潰す ぬりつぶす
バック を 黒い インク で 塗り潰した 。

I painted over the background with black ink.

Example Vocabulary

潰す

つぶす

to crush; to smash; to kill (time); to waste

潰れる

つぶれる

to be crushed; to collapse; to go bankrupt; to be ruined

押し潰す

おしつぶす

to crush; to smash; to squash

叩き潰す

たたきつぶす

to smash; to crush; to defeat thoroughly

時間を潰す

じかんをつぶす

to kill time; to pass the time

踏み潰す

ふみつぶす

握り潰す

にぎりつぶす

塗り潰す

ぬりつぶす

to paint over; to fill in; to black out

潰える

ついえる

ぶっ潰す

ぶっつぶす

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