JLPT N2 · Verb

潰す (tsubusu)

潰す (つぶす, tsubusu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to smash; to crush”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: つぶす
Romaji: tsubusu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to smash; to crush; to flatten · godan verb, transitive
to shut down; to put out of business; to force (a company) to close up shop · godan verb, transitive
to wreck; to break; to block; to thwart · godan verb, transitive
to butcher; to slaughter; to kill (livestock, for food) · godan verb, transitive
to kill (time); to while away (the time); to use up (one's time) · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

彼は私の帽子をぺちゃんこにつぶした。

He squashed my hat flat.

Tatoeba #105694

彼は平然と取引をつぶしました。

He sank the deal without batting an eyelash.

Tatoeba #100170

彼女は店を見てまわって１時間つぶした。

She killed an hour looking around the stores.

Tatoeba #87782

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 潰す

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	潰す	つぶす tsubusu
Polite (~masu)	潰します	つぶします tsubushimasu
Negative	潰さない	つぶさない tsubusanai
Polite negative	潰しません	つぶしません tsubushimasen
Past	潰した	つぶした tsubushita
Polite past	潰しました	つぶしました tsubushimashita
Negative past	潰さなかった	つぶさなかった tsubusanakatta
Te-form	潰して	つぶして tsubushite
Potential	潰せる	つぶせる tsubuseru
Passive	潰される	つぶされる tsubusareru
Causative	潰させる	つぶさせる tsubusaseru
Volitional	潰そう	つぶそう tsubusou
Imperative	潰せ	つぶせ tsubuse
Conditional (~ba)	潰せば	つぶせば tsubuseba

Kanji in 潰す

潰

crush, smash, breakカイ・エ・つぶ.す・つぶ.れる · 15 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 潰す.

潰れるつぶれるto be crushed

Source: JMdict entry 1433820 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.