Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
破れる

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɾe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "割れる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
割れる れる [wàrérú]
Imperative (命令形) 割れろ れろ [wàréró]
Key constructions
Passive 割れられる れられる [wàrérárérú]
Causative 割れさせる れさせる [wàrésásérú]
Potential - - -
Volitional 割れよう れよ [wàréyóꜜò]
Negative 割れない れない [wàrénáí]
Negative perfective 割れなかった れなかった [wàrénáꜜkàttà]
Formal 割れます れま [wàrémáꜜsù]
Perfective 割れた れた [wàrétá]
Conjunctive 割れて れて [wàrété]
Hypothetical conditional 割れれば れれ [wàréréꜜbà]

Verb edit

()れる (wareruintransitive ichidan (stem () (ware), past ()れた (wareta))

Japanese verb pair
active 割る
mediopassive 割れる
  1. to be broken, to break itself
    (きょう)(ふう)(まど)ガラスが()れた
    Kyōfū de madogarasu ga wareta.
    Windowpanes were broken by a strong wind.
  2. to be divided; to crack; to be split
    ()(かた)(よっ)つに()れた
    Mikata ga yottsu ni wareta.
    Views were divided into four.
  3. to be able to be divided; to be divisible
    (ろく)(さん)()れる
    Roku wa san de wareru.
    Six is divisible by three.
  4. (colloquial) to be revealed; to be identified
    • 1961, Mashiho Chiri (知里真志保), えぞおばけ列伝:
      禿(はげ)(あたま)だといい、煙草(たばこ)()しがるといい、そこを()っこんで()けば、この(れん)(ちゅう)()(じょう)()そうだ。
      Hage atama da to ii, tabako o hoshigaru to ii, soko o tsukkonde ikeba, kono renchū no sujō ga ware sō da.
      Being bald is one thing, longing for cigarettes is another. By chasing after these characteristics, we could reveal who they are.

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