Keyword
to tear
Info
FrequencyTop 300-400
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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KankenLevel 6
Heisig869
Readings
(62%)
やぶ
(25%)
(11%)
Composed of
stone
skin (of an animal or a plant)
Mnemonic

You can try to tear the skin of a stone, but you'll probably just end up breaking it into pieces instead.

Used in vocabulary (285 in total)
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
Examples (173 in total)
He was ignorant of the fact that the town had been destroyed.
The town was destroyed during the war.
The city was destroyed in the war.
War results only in senseless and violent destruction.
Even if the sun were to rise in the west, I wouldn't break my promise.
Rules are made to be broken.
His record will never be broken.
The law should not be violated.
We restrained the boy from breaking the window.
You shouldn't break promises.
Promises are made to be broken.
The war brought about death and destruction in the city.
War is destruction of human life.
Many cities were destroyed by bombs.
Though the enemy's defenses were strong, we tried to break through.
The war brought ruin to the country.
Money ruins many.
Culture destroys language.
The soldiers' mission was to destroy the bridge.
There were bits of broken glass on the floor.
She cut her finger on the broken glass.
Your shirt is torn. You better put on another shirt.
He ripped the envelope open.
I ripped open the envelope.
He never breaks his habit.
The building was totally destroyed by the earthquake.
The earthquake destroyed everything.
There are many houses destroyed by the earthquake.
The road was partly destroyed in consequence of the earthquake.
The fire destroyed the tall building.
In case of fire, break this window.
I hear his business is on the verge of ruin.
I will never violate a law again.
His head was bursting with new ideas.
My heart is pounding so hard it feels like it's going to explode.
A blood vessel burst inside his brain.
The enemy blew up the bridge.
The world is on the verge of destruction.
With respect to these documents, I think the best thing is to destroy them.
They broke off their engagement.
Much of London was destroyed in the seventeenth century.
The tornado destroyed the whole village.
He wore a mask so that no one could recognize him.
I couldn't see through his lies.
The police detected the spy.
They blew up the bridge with gunpowder.
"Didn't you get married!?" "Oh, we split up. We broke our engagement."
They blocked the flow of water from the burst pipe.
Fragments of the mirror were scattered on the floor.
The crowd got out of control and broke through the fence.
It is not his illness that ruined him so much as his idleness.
We've destroyed the enemy flagship!
The typhoon destroyed many houses.
The typhoon left behind a trail of destruction.
She tore the letter up after reading it.
The engineers blew up the bridge because it was about to collapse.
The file is corrupt.
The house with the damaged roof has been repaired.
They charged me for the broken window.
It was gambling that brought about his ruin.
They attempted to break through the enemy line.
Art breaks the monotony of our life.
Only part of the building has been destroyed by the earthquake.
We were forced to back out of a contract due to the earthquake.
The town was destroyed by the flood after the storm.
Tom is breaking the rules.
Tom was expelled from school for breaking school rules.
The city was ruined by the brutal force of nature.
Most houses were destroyed to pieces.
There's a little piece of plastic in my coffee!
I can't blame you for breaking your promise.
It is not good for you to break your promise.
These are not sufficient reasons for breaking the promise.
Tom seldom breaks his promise.
Tom broke his promise.
Mr. Yoshida never breaks his promise.
What do you think made him break his promise?
He seldom breaks his promise.
He never breaks his promises.
He will never break his promise.
He forgave me breaking my promise.
He broke his promise.
He broke his word, which made his wife angry.
He broke his promise, which was a big mistake.
He must be condemned for breaking his promise.
He accused me of having broken our promise.
He often breaks his word, but I like him all the same.
I'm sure he won't fail to keep his word.
They accused me of having broken my promise.
She cannot have broken her promise.
She accused him of having broken his word.
My cousin isn't the kind of person who'd ever break a promise.
Forgive me for breaking my promise.
We must not break our promise.
You should not break your promise.
Nothing offends people worse than broken promises.
It is irresponsible of you to break your promise.
It is not good to break a promise.
You ought not to break your promise.
A man who breaks his promises cannot be trusted.
Those who often break their promises are never trusted.
Every student trusts Mr Akai because he never breaks his word.
It's you who has broken our agreement.
I ate so much my stomach was about to burst.
The devil destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
They broke the silence.
Beth accused her sister, Sally, of tearing her scarf.
This plan will bankrupt the economy of our town.
It is true that he went bankrupt.
I hear his business is on the verge of going bankrupt.
He went bankrupt because of gambling debts.
It is rumored that he has gone bankrupt.
He is bankrupt.
He tore the photographs into pieces.
Tom and Mary broke up in October.
Tom and Mary broke up last week.
Tom and Mary broke up three weeks ago.
Nagano beat Tokyo 2 to 3.
The allies defeated the evil empire in the fierce battle.
People who break the law are punished.
You'll be punished if you break the law.
You can trust that I will never break my promise.
It was in the 1920s that a big earthquake destroyed Tokyo.
The mosquito net was torn.
Three-fourths of the town was destroyed by the typhoon.
Old customs are gradually being destroyed.
Most of the buildings were destroyed in World War II.
Many of the buildings were destroyed in World War II.
The water pressure caused the pipe to burst.
We blew up a huge rock with dynamite.
Small children can be very destructive.
Nuclear weapons will bring about nothing but the ruin of mankind.
She broke off her engagement in a fit of anger.
I broke the marriage vows that I had sworn to Don Jose, my husband.
The water pipes froze and then burst.
The water pipe burst.
Do you still trust him after he broke his promise twice?
The storm destroyed the whole town.
We covered three states in two days.
The whole world could be destroyed by an atomic war.
The atomic bomb destroyed the entire city of Hiroshima.
The ship set sail only to be wrecked two days after.
The plane was blown up by hijackers.
As is often the case with her, she broke her promise.
The divers found a wreck on the sea-bed.
Tom broke the world record.
He broke the world record.
He defeated his opponent in the election.
If you keep breaking the club rules, you'll get thrown out.
You broke the rules.
High tax and poor sales bankrupted the company.
The ship was wrecked on a sunken reef.
Someone has torn two pages out of this book.
We were financially troubled, in short, we were bankrupt.
It's a tragedy that rainforests are being destroyed for the sake of profits.
The destruction of the rainforests affects our environment.
Each year, twenty-seven million acres of the tropical rainforests are destroyed.
Their marriage broke up last year.
Tom has read Shakespeare's complete works.
Was it gambling that brought about his bankruptcy?
Anyone who breaks this rule is liable to severe punishment.
My father's company is on the verge of bankruptcy.
The destruction of the ozone layer affects the environment.
The ozone layer continues to be further destroyed every year.
Their habitat is threatened by deforestation.
We defeated the enemy.
Tom is the only man in the world that is likely to break that record.
He broke the record.
Nobody can break his record.
If you get bit by a rabid dog, you'll need a tetanus shot.
Tom has filed for bankruptcy.
The water mains burst due to the earthquake.
Fashion designers are breaking with tradition.