砕ける – Vocabulary details

砕くだける

Verb (1-dan, intransitive)

1. to break (into pieces); to be broken; to be smashed

ガラスが砕くだけたような音おとが響ひびいた。A sound like glass shattering echoed.

2. to collapse; to crumble; to decline; to cool (e.g. enthusiasm); to dampen (e.g. one's will to fight)

だが、心こころが砕くだける可か能のう性せいもあるんだ。But there's also a chance your spirit will break.

3. to become less formal; to throw off reserve; to become affable

今いまの感かんじより、もう少すこし砕くだけてもいいかな。I think it might be okay to be a little more casual than the current feel.

4. to become easy to understand (e.g. a story)

5. to be worried

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to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way

砕くだけそうな膝ひざに力ちからを込こめる。

I put strength into my knees, which feel like they are about to give way.

重おもみで氷こおりが砕くだけた。

The ice cracked under the weight.

だが、心こころが砕くだける可か能のう性せいもあるんだ。

But there's also a chance your spirit will break.

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