JLPT N3 · Verb

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

  1. to get torn; to tear; to rip; to break; to wear out · ichidan verb, intransitive
  2. 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.

FormJapaneseReading
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.

Source: JMdict entry 1471210 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.