I Love Kanji砕く (kudaku)
砕く (くだく, kudaku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to break (into pieces); to smash”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- くだく
- Romaji
- kudaku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to break (into pieces); to smash; to crush; to shatter; to grind (into powder) · godan verb, transitive
- to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to frustrate · godan verb, transitive
- to simplify; to make easy to understand · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
ピックは硬い地表を砕くために用いられる長い取っ手の道具だ。
A pick is a long handled tool used for breaking up hard ground surfaces.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 砕く
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 砕く | くだく kudaku |
| Polite (~masu) | 砕きます | くだきます kudakimasu |
| Negative | 砕かない | くだかない kudakanai |
| Polite negative | 砕きません | くだきません kudakimasen |
| Past | 砕いた | くだいた kudaita |
| Polite past | 砕きました | くだきました kudakimashita |
| Negative past | 砕かなかった | くだかなかった kudakanakatta |
| Te-form | 砕いて | くだいて kudaite |
| Potential | 砕ける | くだける kudakeru |
| Passive | 砕かれる | くだかれる kudakareru |
| Causative | 砕かせる | くだかせる kudakaseru |
| Volitional | 砕こう | くだこう kudakou |
| Imperative | 砕け | くだけ kudake |
| Conditional (~ba) | 砕けば | くだけば kudakeba |
Kanji in 砕く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 砕く.
Source: JMdict entry 1295170 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.