こっぱみじん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

smithereens; broken into tiny pieces

Describes something shattered or crushed into very small fragments, often used with verbs like 砕く, 壊す, or in the adverbial form 木っ端微塵に. It is usually written in kana.

• 花か瓶びんが床ゆかに落おちて木こっ端ぱ微み塵じんに砕くだけた。

  The vase fell on the floor and shattered into smithereens.

• 彼かれの計けい画かくは木こっ端ぱ微み塵じんに打うち砕くだかれた。

  His plan was smashed to pieces.