潰れる (tsubureru) Japanese meaning: be crushed | Kotomora

潰つぶれる

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潰れる · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

Physical destruction or deformation from external force; also used for structural collapse.

潰つぶすN3sense 1
潰す is the transitive verb (to crush something), while 潰れる is its intransitive counterpart (to become crushed).

壊こわれるN4sense 1
壊れる emphasizes functional breakage (a machine stops working), while 潰れる stresses physical crushing or flattening from external force.
倒とう産さんN2sense 2
倒産する is the formal business term for going bankrupt, while 潰れる is a more colloquial, general way to say a company failed.
崩くずれるN3sense 1
崩れる describes something collapsing or crumbling (like a wall or slope), whereas 潰れる implies being squashed flat under pressure.
破は産さんN3sense 2
破産する usually refers to an individual's personal bankruptcy, while 潰れる can describe either a person's finances or a company's collapse.
倒たおれるN4
潰れる specifically means a business or structure gets crushed or ruined, while 倒れる more broadly covers going bankrupt or collapsing.

つぶるN1
潰れる sounds similar to つぶる but means 'to be crushed' or 'to collapse', unrelated to closing one's eyes.
崩くずれるN3
潰れる means to be crushed flat or (of a business) to go under, whereas 崩れる is about losing structural integrity or order rather than being flattened.
壊こわれるN4
潰れる means to be crushed flat or to go bankrupt, whereas 壊れる more broadly means to break or stop functioning without implying crushing.

潰つぶれるUsage46%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
つぶれるUsage54%
Kana spelling is common in informal writing and when the kanji is not needed.

Intransitive form of 潰す (つぶす, 'to crush'). The kanji 潰 carries meanings of 'crush, smash, break, destroy'. The verb is native Japanese.