Keyword
break
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 4
Heisig427
Old form壞
Readings
かい
(57%)
こわ
(42%)
Composed of
earth
ten
small net
garment
Used in vocabulary (163 in total)
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
destruction; collapse; crumbling
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
partial destruction
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
damage; destruction
complete destruction
to harm one's health
destructive; devastating
disintegration; self-destruction
destruction; demolition; smashing apart; spoiling; ruining
sabotage; subversive activities
fragile article; breakables; broken article
to tear down; to shatter
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
necrosis
property damage (not including ships, buildings, planes and documents)
demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
environmental destruction
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
crushing; breaking by applying pressure
collapse of a bubble economy; economic bubble burst
shape decomposition; gestaltzerfall
collapse of the medical care system; medical care breakdown
destruction of nature
indestructibility
to tear down; to shatter
family breakdown; family disintegration; collapse of one's family
class disruption (e.g. due to discipline problems); classroom chaos
corruption (of order, public morals, etc.); subversion; degradation; collapse (of an organization, system, etc.); falling apart
mutilation of a corpse; damaging a dead body
rout; stampede
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
fragile article; breakables; broken article
self-destruction; self-sabotage
partial building damage comprising 50-70% of the surface area
gangrene
sudden, wide-spread drop in prices
shoot-down order (e.g. for ballistic missile)
destruction; demolition; smashing apart; uchikowashi riots (Edo period); destructive urban riots protesting the high price of rice
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash (to pieces); to ruin (e.g. a plan); to wreck; to do away with (an old custom, ideology, etc.)
(crime of) damaging property (including animals, and excluding buildings, ships and documents)
inconsistently, horribly drawn animated film or cartoon; animated cartoon episode of lower picture quality than other episodes in the same series
firm and solid; sturdy and indestructible; unshakable; adamantine
animal hoarding; compulsive accumulation of pets
mutual assured destruction; mutually assured destruction; MAD
nondestructive testing; NDT; nondestructive inspection
destruction; demolition; smashing apart; uchikowashi riots (Edo period); destructive urban riots protesting the high price of rice
corruption of public morals; an offense against public morality
iconoclasm; image breaking
crying one's eyes out; being on the verge of breaking into a flood of tears
fatigue fracture; fatigue failure
(crime of) damaging a corpse; mutilation of a corpse
non-destructive
destroyer; wrecker; ruiner
fragile; break easily
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash (to pieces); to ruin (e.g. a plan); to wreck; to do away with (an old custom, ideology, etc.)
economic collapse; economic meltdown
antiscorbutic; preventive against scurvy
the kalpa of destruction (the third aeon of the universe)
debris avalanche (of a volcano); collapse of volcanic edifice; sector collapse
to destroy; to break; to damage
(the act of) disintegration
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
gas gangrene
rate of destruction; destruction ratio
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
ozone layer depletion
pancreatic necrosis
extremely robust; (lit.) strong enough for an elephant to step on
rotting and crumbling
subversive; subversive element
to scratch open (a wound); to scratch off (a scab)
destruction; demolition; smashing apart; uchikowashi riots (Edo period); destructive urban riots protesting the high price of rice
mutilation and abandonment a corpse
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; caving in
cytolysis; breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane
necrotizing fasciitis; necrotising fasciitis; flesh-eating bacteria syndrome
(radioactive) decay; disintegration
destruction; demolition; smashing apart; spoiling; ruining
destruction; demolition; smashing apart; spoiling; ruining
pulmonary gangrene; gangrenous pneumonia
destruction; demolition; smashing apart; spoiling; ruining
destruction; demolition; smashing apart; spoiling; ruining
demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
destruction; demolition; smashing apart; uchikowashi riots (Edo period); destructive urban riots protesting the high price of rice
to scratch open (a wound); to scratch off (a scab)
to scratch open (a wound); to scratch off (a scab)
mutilation and abandonment a corpse
breaking; demolishing; smashing; being broken; being ruined; being destroyed
nuclear decay; nuclear disintegration; karyorrhexis (destructive fragmentation of a dying cell's nucleus)
Colony Collapse Disorder; Vanishing Bee Syndrome
decay chain; decay series
destructive addition
tumor necrosis factor (e.g. cachexin); tumour necrosis factor; TNF
ballistic-missile shoot-down order; order to shoot down a ballistic missile
disintegration per minute; dpm
pancreatic necrosis
decays per second; disintegrations per second; dps
osteonecrosis; avascular necrosis; bone infarction
epidermal necrolysis
destroying a country
subversive activities; sabotage
collapse of a team's entire pitching lineup
(crime of) mutilating and abandoning a corpse
(crime of) mutilating and abandoning a corpse
Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things
Examples (200 in total)
It would probably be difficult to simply destroy it.
Won't it break if you make it any thinner?
Sure enough, it's broken.