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潰つぶれる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
1. to be crushed; to be squashed; to be smashed; to be destroyed; to be broken; to collapse
It is easy to process, but at the same time, it is easily crushed.
2. to go bankrupt; to go under; to fail; to collapse
Are you okay with the company going bankrupt?!
3. to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to collapse (e.g. of a project); to fall through; to blow up
4. to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.); to cease functioning
5. to be taken up (of one's time); to be lost; to be wasted
The morning will be taken up by filming, and editing will go on until night.
6. to be missed (of a chance); to be lost
7. to be lost (of face, composure, etc.); to broken down (e.g. of one's courage); to be broken (of one's heart)
My heart feels like it is about to be crushed by the tension.
8. to be worn down (of a pen nib, saw teeth, etc.); to wear away; to become dull
9. to get dead drunk
Kanji used
潰
crush
Pitch accent
つ
ぶれる
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Conjugations...Used in: 2893
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
to be choked up; to be crushed (emotionally); to be overcome (with emotion); to be shocked; to be horrified
to get dead drunk; to drink oneself into a stupor
Examples (10 in total)
The factory isn't going to shut down, is it?
My heart feels like it is about to be crushed by the tension.
Are you okay with the company going bankrupt?!
It is easy to process, but at the same time, it is easily crushed.
The company going under is the management's fault.
The banana had been squashed to mush in my bag.
In the recession, the town's shops went under one after another.
I always feel like I'm about to be crushed by the weight of those words.
The morning will be taken up by filming, and editing will go on until night.
It didn't seem to be as strong as I had thought, and it was easily crushed.