つぶ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to smash; to crush; to flatten
2. to shut down; to put out of business; to force (a company) to close up shop
3. to wreck; to break; to block; to thwart
4. to butcher; to slaughter; to kill (livestock, for food)
5. to kill (time); to while away (the time); to use up (one's time)
6. to waste (e.g. talents)
Kanji used
crush
Pitch accent
ぶす
Top 2000
Used in vocabulary (21 in total)
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to smash violently; to crush
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
to waste time; to kill time
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to pinch and crush; to pinch out
to make somebody lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish
to pinch and crush; to pinch out
to drink someone down; to drink someone under the table
to be flabbergasted; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be stunned
to lose face; to be disgraced
to drive into the ground (e.g. car); to ride to death (e.g. horse)
to drink away one's money; to be a sot; to get wasted; to drink someone under the table
to smash violently; to crush
to cry one's eyes out; to weep oneself blind