I Love Kanji破れる (yabureru)
破れる (やぶれる, yabureru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to get torn; to tear”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- やぶれる
- Romaji
- yabureru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to get torn; to tear; to rip; to break; to wear out · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse; to fall into ruin · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
バスに遅れて、会社に遅れて、ストッキングも破れた。
I was late for the bus, late for work, and got a run in my stocking.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 破れる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 破れる | やぶれる yabureru |
| Polite (~masu) | 破れます | やぶれます yaburemasu |
| Negative | 破れない | やぶれない yaburenai |
| Polite negative | 破れません | やぶれません yaburemasen |
| Past | 破れた | やぶれた yabureta |
| Polite past | 破れました | やぶれました yaburemashita |
| Negative past | 破れなかった | やぶれなかった yaburenakatta |
| Te-form | 破れて | やぶれて yaburete |
| Potential | 破れられる | やぶれられる yaburerareru |
| Passive | 破れられる | やぶれられる yaburerareru |
| Causative | 破れさせる | やぶれさせる yaburesaseru |
| Volitional | 破れよう | やぶれよう yabureyou |
| Imperative | 破れろ | やぶれろ yaburero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 破れれば | やぶれれば yaburereba |
Kanji in 破れる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 破れる.
破るやぶるto tear破産はさんbankruptcy破片はへんfragment破くやぶくto tear突破とっぱbreaking through破壊はかいdestruction破棄はきtearing up and discarding (e.g. documents)爆破ばくはdestructive blast破損はそんdamage破裂はれつbursting
Source: JMdict entry 1471210 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.