JLPT N2 · Verb

崩れる (kuzureru)

崩れる (くずれる, kuzureru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to collapse; to crumble”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: くずれる
Romaji: kuzureru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to collapse; to crumble · ichidan verb, intransitive
to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to become disorganized; to become untidy · ichidan verb, intransitive
to break down; to be thrown into disarray · ichidan verb, intransitive
to crash (stock market); to slump; to decline · ichidan verb, intransitive
to break money into small change · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

本の山は今にも崩れそうに見える。

Those books look as if they're going to topple over any minute.

Tatoeba #195869

そのバス停で人々は整列して待っていたが、バスが止まるとすぐにその列は崩れた。

At the bus stop, people waited in orderly lines, but as soon as the bus pulled up, the line broke up.

Tatoeba #212728

千円札くずれますか。

Can you break a 1000 yen bill?

Tatoeba #141435

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

Conjugation of 崩れる

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	崩れる	くずれる kuzureru
Polite (~masu)	崩れます	くずれます kuzuremasu
Negative	崩れない	くずれない kuzurenai
Polite negative	崩れません	くずれません kuzuremasen
Past	崩れた	くずれた kuzureta
Polite past	崩れました	くずれました kuzuremashita
Negative past	崩れなかった	くずれなかった kuzurenakatta
Te-form	崩れて	くずれて kuzurete
Potential	崩れられる	くずれられる kuzurerareru
Passive	崩れられる	くずれられる kuzurerareru
Causative	崩れさせる	くずれさせる kuzuresaseru
Volitional	崩れよう	くずれよう kuzureyou
Imperative	崩れろ	くずれろ kuzurero
Conditional (~ba)	崩れれば	くずれれば kuzurereba

Kanji in 崩れる

崩

crumble, die, demolishホウ・くず.れる・-くず.れ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 崩れる.

崩すくずすto destroy雪崩なだれavalanche崩壊ほうかいcollapse

Source: JMdict entry 1516270 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.