JLPT N3 · Verb

破る (yaburu)

破る (やぶる, yaburu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to tear; to rip”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: やぶる
Romaji: yaburu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to tear; to rip; to break; to destroy · godan verb, transitive
to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach · godan verb, transitive
to defeat; to beat · godan verb, transitive
to break (e.g. silence); to disturb (e.g. peace); to shatter (e.g. dream); to disrupt; to spoil · godan verb, transitive
to violate (e.g. rule); to break (e.g. promise); to infringe · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

だれがこの封筒を破って開けたのか。

Who has torn the envelope open?

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約束を破らないでよ。

Don't go back on your promise.

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

Conjugation of 破る

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	破る	やぶる yaburu
Polite (~masu)	破ります	やぶります yaburimasu
Negative	破らない	やぶらない yaburanai
Polite negative	破りません	やぶりません yaburimasen
Past	破った	やぶった yabutta
Polite past	破りました	やぶりました yaburimashita
Negative past	破らなかった	やぶらなかった yaburanakatta
Te-form	破って	やぶって yabutte
Potential	破れる	やぶれる yabureru
Passive	破られる	やぶられる yaburareru
Causative	破らせる	やぶらせる yaburaseru
Volitional	破ろう	やぶろう yaburou
Imperative	破れ	やぶれ yabure
Conditional (~ba)	破れば	やぶれば yabureba

Kanji in 破る

rend, rip, tearハ・やぶ.る・やぶ.れる · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 破る.

破産はさんbankruptcy破れるやぶれるto get torn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 1471200 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.