こわ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to break; to destroy; to demolish
2. to wreck; to ruin; to spoil; to damage
3. to break (a bill, etc.)
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (13 in total)
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
Examples (35 in total)
I broke it.
You broke it again!
Who broke this?
They are breaking down the wall.
Who broke the window?
You must take care not to break it.
John broke the window.
By whom was this window broken?
You broke the table you were sitting on.
He broke his new smartphone.
The building was completely destroyed.
Someone broke into our house.
Who broke this pen?
I had no difficulty breaking the lock.
Mary broke her new smartphone.
She broke the window on purpose.
She has broken the toaster again.
We must tear down this house.
I watched them destroy the old building.
That destroyed all his dreams.
They had their houses destroyed by a strong earthquake.
It was yesterday that Jake broke this window.
We got our roof damaged by the typhoon.
The vase that Tom broke is Mary's.
This desk was broken by Tony.
This boy denied having broken the window.
It was yesterday that I broke the window by mistake.
They will tear down the old building in two days.
I must apologize to you for breaking the vase.
I've lost or broken all my necklaces.
In opening the door, I broke the lock.
I had broken my glasses, so that I couldn't see the blackboard.
That boy often breaks our windows with a ball.
Also, a lot of houses were damaged; windows were often broken throughout the town.
If you break it again, I'm not going to fix it.