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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

パンクする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to a tire puncture or going flat. Used as a noun or intransitive suru-verb.

bursting; overflowing; jammed; reaching breaking point; collapse; breakdown; going bankrupt

Figurative extension: something becoming full to capacity and breaking down, such as phone lines, schedules, or finances. Often used with する.

〈物もの〉がパンクするfor something (a tire) to get a puncture/go flat
帰かえり道みちで自じ転てん車しゃのタイヤがパンクした。
My bicycle tire got a flat on the way home.
電でん話わがパンクするfor phone lines to become jammed/overwhelmed
セール開かい始し直後しちょくごに注ちゅう文もんの電でん話わがパンクした。
The order lines got jammed right after the sale started.
スケジュールがパンクするfor one's schedule to become overloaded to the point of collapse
予よ定ていを入いれすぎてスケジュールがパンクしそうだ。
I've booked too many things and my schedule is about to fall apart.

破は裂れつN1sense 1
パンク is specifically used for a tire going flat, while 破裂 is the general word for something bursting or rupturing (a pipe, a balloon, etc.).
破は綻たんN1sense 2
パンク is a casual, vivid way to describe something (a budget, a schedule) hitting breaking point, while 破綻 is the more formal word for a financial or systemic collapse.

パニックN3
パンク (a puncture or overload/breakdown) and パニック (panic, a state of alarm) sound alike to learners but have completely unrelated meanings.
バースト
パンク refers to a tire going flat from a puncture or slow leak, while バースト means the tire suddenly and violently bursts under pressure.

件けんN2
In everyday speech, a flat tire is often counted with 件 as an incident or case, but this is not a physical-object counter.

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From English 'puncture', borrowed into Japanese with a narrowed primary sense of tire puncture and extended figurative meanings.