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破る, やぶる
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to tear, to rip, to break, to destroy
2. to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.), to breach
3. to defeat, to beat
4. to break (e.g. silence), to disturb (e.g. peace), to shatter (e.g. dream), to disrupt, to spoil
5. to violate (e.g. rule), to break (e.g. promise), to infringe
約束を破らないでよ。
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割る, わる
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to divide
2. to cut, to halve, to separate, to split, to rip
3. to break, to crack, to smash
4. to dilute
5. to fall below
マイケルは皿を割ってしまった。
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打ち破る, 討ち破る, 打破る, 撃ち破る, うち破る, うちやぶる
Godan verb, Transitive
to break, to smash, to defeat, to destroy, to eliminate
戦車や飛行機は軍隊を打ち破ることはできようが、国民を征服することはできない。
見破る, 看破る, みやぶる
Godan verb, Transitive
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.), to penetrate into, to discover, to find out
私には彼のうそが見破れなかった。
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突き破る, 突破る, つきやぶる
Godan verb, Transitive
to break through, to penetrate, to pierce
群衆は統制が効かなくなってフェンスを突き破った。
蹴破る, けやぶる
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to break (by kicking), to kick down (e.g. a door), to kick open, to break down, to break open
Idiomatic expression
2. to smash through (e.g. the enemy), to rout
読み破る, よみやぶる
Godan verb, Transitive
to read through (difficult passage or particularly long book)
約束破る, 約束やぶる, やくそくやぶる
Expression, Godan verb, See 約束を破る
to break a promise, to go back on one's word, to renege
約束やぶったら、絶交ですからね？
ぶち破る, ぶちやぶる
Godan verb, Transitive
to smash down, to batter down, to beat in, to destroy
消防士たちはドアをぶち破った。
殻を破る, からをやぶる
Expression, Godan verb, Idiomatic expression
to break up and start anew, to break out of one's shell, to make a fresh start, to go outside oneself
規則を破る, きそくをやぶる
Expression, Godan verb
to break the rules, to violate the rules, to infringe the rules
約束を破る, 約束をやぶる, やくそくをやぶる
Expression, Godan verb, See 約束を守る
to break a promise, to go back on one's word, to renege
彼は私が約束を破ったことを許してくれた。
踏み破る, ふみやぶる
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to break by stepping on, to trample, to stomp on, to stamp through
See 踏破・1
2. to walk (all the way) across, to traverse (on foot), to travel through, to hike across
山中の賊を破るは易く心中の賊を破るは難し, さんちゅうのぞくをやぶるはやすくしんちゅうのぞくをやぶるはかたし
Expression, Proverb
it's hard to discipline one's mind, defeating the bandits in the mountains is easy; defeating the bandit in one's heart is hard