丸まる潰つぶれ

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Meanings

1

noun

complete ruin; total collapse

Describes something being crushed or ruined beyond recovery, often physically or metaphorically. Used with になる or だ.

地じ震しんで家いえが丸まる潰つぶれになった。

The house was completely destroyed by the earthquake.

計けい画かくは丸まる潰つぶれだ。

The plan is in total ruins.

2

noun

losing completely; total loss of face

Often used with 面目 (face, honor) to mean a complete loss of face or reputation. Can apply to other abstract things being utterly lost.

あんな失しっ敗ぱいをして、面めん目ぼく丸まる潰つぶれだ。
After such a blunder, I've lost all face.

Expressions

面めん目ぼく丸まるつぶれcomplete loss of face; total humiliation

Kanji

丸round, full (month), perfection
潰crush, smash, break

Related words

台だい無なし
台無し means something is spoiled or ruined, often implying waste or disappointment, while 丸潰れ emphasizes total destruction or crushing.
全ぜん滅めつ
全滅 means annihilation or total defeat, usually of a group, whereas 丸潰れ focuses on the state of being crushed or ruined.

Written forms

丸まる潰つぶれUsage35%
Standard kanji spelling.
丸まるつぶれUsage40%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, common in informal writing.
まるつぶれUsage25%
Kana spelling, used when the kanji is avoided or for emphasis.

Etymology

Compound of 丸 (まる, 'round, whole') and 潰れ (つぶれ, 'crushing, collapsing'), from the verb 潰れる (つぶれる, 'to be crushed'). The prefix 丸 intensifies the meaning to 'completely'.