Meaning
break · crush · dissipate · smash
On'yomi
エ · カイ
Kun'yomi
つい.える · つぶ.す · つぶ.れる
Common compounds (12)
- 圧しつぶす おしつぶすto squash; to crush; to flatten
- 崩壊 ほうかい(radioactive) decay; disintegration
- 壊滅 かいめつ(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
- 倒壊 とうかいdestruction; collapse; crumbling
- 全壊 ぜんかいcomplete destruction
- 決壊 けっかいburst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
- 暇つぶし ひまつぶしwaste of time; killing time
- 潰瘍 かいようulcer
- 顔をつぶす かおをつぶすto make someone lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish
- 潰す つぶすto waste (e.g. talents)
- 胃潰瘍 いかいようstomach ulcer; gastric ulcer
- 潰れる つぶれるto get dead drunk