JLPT N2 · Verb

潰れる (tsubureru)

潰れる (つぶれる, tsubureru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be crushed; to be squashed”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: つぶれる
Romaji: tsubureru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to be crushed; to be squashed; to be smashed; to be destroyed; to be broken · ichidan verb, intransitive
to go bankrupt; to go under; to fail; to collapse · ichidan verb, intransitive
to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to collapse (e.g. of a project); to fall through; to blow up · ichidan verb, intransitive
to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.); to cease functioning · ichidan verb, intransitive
to be taken up (of one's time); to be lost; to be wasted · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

雪の重さで家がつぶれた。

The house collapsed under the weight of snow.

Tatoeba #141986

父が亡くなって私の留学計画は完全につぶれた。

My plan to study abroad went by the board when my father died.

Tatoeba #84843

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

Conjugation of 潰れる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	潰れる	つぶれる tsubureru
Polite (~masu)	潰れます	つぶれます tsuburemasu
Negative	潰れない	つぶれない tsuburenai
Polite negative	潰れません	つぶれません tsuburemasen
Past	潰れた	つぶれた tsubureta
Polite past	潰れました	つぶれました tsuburemashita
Negative past	潰れなかった	つぶれなかった tsuburenakatta
Te-form	潰れて	つぶれて tsuburete
Potential	潰れられる	つぶれられる tsuburerareru
Passive	潰れられる	つぶれられる tsuburerareru
Causative	潰れさせる	つぶれさせる tsuburesaseru
Volitional	潰れよう	つぶれよう tsubureyou
Imperative	潰れろ	つぶれろ tsuburero
Conditional (~ba)	潰れれば	つぶれれば tsuburereba

Kanji in 潰れる

潰

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 潰れる.

潰すつぶすto smash

Source: JMdict entry 1433830 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.