Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
1. to break; to be smashed
2. to split; to crack; to fissure; to be torn
3. to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party)
4. to come to light; to become clear; to be identified; to be revealed
5. to be distorted (of a sound)
6. to be divisible (without a remainder)
7. to go below a minimum
Kanji used
divide
Pitch accent
れる
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Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
to crack; to develop a crack
to crack; to develop a crack
to be identified
Examples (19 in total)
The eggs are broken.
The cup broke.
This ice is going to crack.
Glass breaks easily.
This plate is broken.
Plastic does not break easily.
The front windscreen was smashed to pieces.
The ice will crack beneath our weight.
The glass shattered into pieces.
How did this window get broken?
The fields dry up, and the soil cracks.
There was broken glass on top of the wall.
Tom heard the sound of breaking glass.
The egg fell from the table and, obviously, broke.
The old lady looked at the broken vase and sighed sadly.
The plate slipped from her hand and crashed to the floor.
With the window broken, we could not keep the room warm.
Glass has the ability to be broken under pressure.
This window has been broken for a month.