Kanji Details:
- 砕
- Frequency:1579
- Kun: くだ.く, くだ.ける
- On: サイ
- Meaning: smash, break, crush, familiar, popular
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 火砕流 かさいりゅう pyroclastic flow (type of volcanic eruption), stone wind 粉砕 ふんさい pulverization, pulverisation, smashing, demolishing 玉砕 ぎょくさい honourable defeat, honorable defeat, honourable death, honorable death 破砕 はさい crushing, smashing, cracking to pieces 腰砕け こしくだけ inadvertent collapse (sumo); breaking down (e.g. in the middle of a bout), weakening of one's attitude あっ砕 あっさい crushing 砕く くだく to break, to smash 砕け くだけ familiar (informal) (speech style) 砕ける くだける to break, to be broken 砕石 さいせき broken stone, rubble