Keyword
break into pieces
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig121
Old form碎
Readings
くだ
(81%)
さい
(18%)
Composed of
stone
ninety
Used in vocabulary (78 in total)
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
pulverization; pulverisation; reducing to pieces; crushing; smashing
to be smashed up
crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
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
crushed stone; macadam; crushing (rock)
pulverising
icebreaker (ship); ice breaker
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
working so hard as to ruin one's body; struggling to the point of crushing oneself
icebreaker (ship); ice breaker
take a chance; go for broke; nothing ventured, nothing gained
to grind up; to grind down; to pound; to crush; to mash; to stamp (ore)
breaker; breaking wave; broken sea
the principle of honorable death and no surrender
breaker; breaking wave; spilling breaker; surging breaker; wave breaking
to grind up; to grind down; to pound; to crush; to mash; to stamp (ore)
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
to shave off (esp. concrete); to take a percentage; to take a cut
detritus; clastic material
to grind up; to grind down; to pound; to crush; to mash; to stamp (ore)
broken rice; rice fragments
volcaniclastic material; pyroclastic material
grinding; trituration
pyroclastic material
crushing ore
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
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
timber grinding; timber pulping
easy (e.g. explanation, description); plain; familiar; informal (e.g. greeting, expression); friendly; affable (e.g. person)
stamp mill; stamping mill
grinder; crusher
to rub to pieces; to grind into powder
crushable; breakable; friability
pyroclastic rock
coffee grinder; coffee mill
hydraulic fracturing; fracking
hydrofracturing; hydraulic fracturing; fracking; fraccing
mill; grinding mill
osteoclast (surgical instrument)
Examples (32 in total)
That one remark shattered his dream.
Apparently it's impossible to break stone with human strength.
The teacher explained the difficult topic in simple terms.