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    3. 砕く

    砕く

    砕くだく​

    to break (into pieces)

    N2KMT8CoreVerb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab10 strokes

    摧く

    くだく

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to break (into pieces), to smash, to crush, to shatter, to grind (into powder), to pound
    2.
    to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.), to crush, to frustrate
    3.
    to simplify, to make easy to understand

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    石いしを砕くだいて道みちを平たいらにした。

    I crushed the stones to flatten the road.

    KMT7Daily Life
    彼かの女じょは氷こおりを砕くだいてグラスに入いれた。

    She crushed the ice and put it in the glass.

    KMT8Food & DiningDaily Life
    この機き械かいは硬かたい木もく材ざいも簡かん単たんに砕くだくことができる。

    This machine can easily crush even hard wood.

    KMT8Daily LifeTechnology
    複ふく雑ざつな理り論ろんを砕くだいて、初しょ心しん者しゃにも分わかりやすく説せつ明めいした。

    I simplified the complex theory and explained it in an easy-to-understand way for beginners.

    KMT8EducationScience & Math
    彼かれの夢ゆめを砕くだくようなことは言いいたくなかった。

    I didn't want to say anything that would shatter his dreams.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    砕
    くだ.く・くだ.ける…(1)
    smash・break・crush・familiar・popular
    Kanji
    く
    ku
    Kana
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