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Concepts using this kanji
destruction
breaking through
bankruptcy
destructive blast
to tear
fragment
breaking down
to get torn
catastrophe
serious damage
bursting
extraordinary
damage
ruin
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents)
starting afresh
failure
winning successively
expulsion (of a pupil)
unusual
defeating
to break
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.)
medium damage
implosion
full of holes (e.g. argument)
rent
in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style
slight damage
to argue down
water breaking (during pregnancy)
destructive
breaking (an agreement, promise)
unheard-of
explosive blast (in construction, mining, etc.)
to set off an explosive
establishing and refuting (a doctrine)
to rip out (and take)
Ishiba faction (of the Liberal Democratic Party)
bankrupt person
bankrupt company
escaping from an island exile
Subversive Activities Prevention Act
Bankruptcy Act
personal bankruptcy caused by excessive card-loan borrowing
unreleased stop
out of tune
breaking a commandment (usually religious)
to cut to pieces
breakthrough (research, etc.)
defeating an argument
opening section of a Chinese poem or essay (in which the topic is broached)
visiting another school (e.g. of kendo) and defeating each member in a fight
the land outlasts the king
implosive consonant
strikebreaker
desperation
to smash down
middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
tear
record-breaking
Saiha
declaration
abandonment of the status quo
confuting
breakthrough (of a contaminant through a respirator cartridge, etc.)
breaking through or sneaking past a barrier
fracture surface
rupture
guillotine break (coolant loss in a nuclear power plant)
central breakthrough
to break faith with
driving characteristics
to make a breakthrough
to bust down a door
to bite and tear
broken line
gable
force (bulldoze) one's way through
destructive power
fracture mechanics
to break a promise
tumbledown or dilapidated house
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick)
subversive
to tear (up) paper
to break the record
adjudication of bankruptcy
breaking the front line
destroyer
to break through a siege
bombing incident
safecracking
bomb warning
rogue
spy
sabotage
breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.)
shipwreck
bankruptcy court
to read through (difficult passage or particularly long book)
unconventional
to break through
to break the rules
crisis relief
marriage breakup
subversive activities
myocardial rupture
trustee or administrator in bankruptcy
personal bankruptcy
destructive addition
petition for bankruptcy
to file for bankruptcy
to break by stepping on
Shuhari
heart-breaking (esp. in physical activity such as running)
overcoming a difficulty
travelling (a long and difficult journey) on foot
destructionism
hydrofracturing
complete destruction
acting illogically
sudden, wide-spread drop in prices
cyclotron
uterine rupture
destructionist
depicting thoroughly
smiling broadly
destruction of nature
non-destructive
to break the Buddhist commandments
poetic license
giving a broad smile
lost cluster
bargeboard
wrecked ship
artistic modulations in traditional Japanese performances
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies)
shear failure
rate of destruction
breaking into a hearty laugh
fracture (of tooth)
tetanus
tetanus toxoid
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