うちくだく – Vocabulary details

うちくだく

Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)

1. to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to crush

けれどそんな期き待たいも、すぐに打うち砕くだかれることになる。But such expectations were soon to be shattered.

2. to simplify; to make easy to understand

usu. as 打ち砕いて

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ちくだく

adds emphasis to the following verb or indicates that the action is done forcefully or violently

to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand

現げん実じつはいつも過か去こをうちくだく。

Reality always shatters the past.

私わたしの期き待たいはあっけなくうちくだかれた。

My expectations were abruptly shattered.

そのプライドが一いっ転てん無む残ざんにうちくだかれた。

That pride was suddenly and brutally shattered.

けれどそんな期き待たいも、すぐにうちくだかれることになる。

But such expectations were soon to be shattered.

けれど時じ代だいと運うん命めいが、そんな彼かれらの儚はかない夢ゆめをうちくだいた。

But the times and fate shattered those empty dreams of theirs.

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