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壊こわす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. kaputt machen; zerbrechen; entzweibrechen; zerstören; niederreißen; abreißen; vernichten; beschädigen; demolieren; ruinieren
2. verletzen
3. verderben
4. die Funktion stören; behindern
5. wechseln (Geld in kleinere Scheine od. Münzen); Geld klein machen
Alt. forms
壊こわす
96%
こわす
3%
毀こわす
Kanji used
壊
break
Pitch accent
こ
わ
す
Top 1800
Conjugations...Used in: 4122
Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
kaputt machen; zunichtemachen; kaputt schlagen; verderben; ruinieren; zerschlagen
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
abreißen; niederreißen; abbrechen
13 more...
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.
Someone broke into our house.
The building was completely destroyed.
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.