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粉々 (こなごな) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

粉こな々ごな

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Meanings

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na-adjective, noun

shattered; broken into small pieces; in smithereens

Describes something completely broken or crushed into tiny fragments. Often used with に as an adverb or with だ/になる as a na-adjective.

花か瓶びんが粉こな々ごなに割われた。
The vase shattered into pieces.

彼かれの自じ信しんは粉こな々ごなになった。

His confidence was completely shattered.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉〉が粉々こなごなに割われるfor something to shatter into pieces
花か瓶びんが落おちて粉こな々ごなに割われた。
The vase fell and shattered into pieces.
〈物もの〉〉が粉々こなごなに砕くだけるfor something to crumble into tiny pieces
氷こおりが粉こな々ごなに砕くだけた。
The ice crumbled into tiny pieces.
心こころが粉々こなごなになるfor one's heart to be shattered (emotionally)
彼かれの裏うら切ぎりで心こころが粉こな々ごなになった。
My heart was shattered by his betrayal.

Expressions

粉こな々ごなにするpulverize; break into pieces; smash to bits · beat to a pulp; crush; destroy completely
粉こな々ごなになるbreak into fragments; shatter; go to pieces
粉こな々ごなに砕くだくsmash to pieces; crush into powder

Kanji

粉flour, powder, dust

Related words

ばらばらN3
ばらばら describes things scattered apart or in disorganized separate pieces, while 粉々 specifically means crushed into tiny fragments.
めちゃめちゃN1
めちゃめちゃ describes a messy, chaotic state of destruction in general, while 粉々 focuses narrowly on physical breakage into tiny fragments.
こっぱみじん
木端微塵 is a more emphatic, often idiomatic way to say something was smashed to smithereens, while 粉々 is the everyday, neutral term for the same result.
粉ふん砕さい
粉々 is an everyday adjective/noun describing something shattered into small bits, while 粉砕 is the more formal verbal noun for the act of smashing or grinding it that way.

Don't confuse with

細こま々ごま
粉々 means physically crushed into tiny fragments, whereas 細々（こまごま）means in fine detail or made up of many small items, with no sense of breaking.

Written forms

粉こな々ごなUsage76%
Standard kanji spelling; the repetition mark 々 is preferred over 粉粉.
こなごなUsage21%
Kana spelling is common in casual writing and when the kanji is not needed.
コナゴナUsage2%
粉こな粉ごなUsage1%
Uncommon variant without the repetition mark; learners should use 粉々.

Etymology

Reduplication of 粉 (こな, 'powder') with the repetition mark 々, literally 'powder-powder', emphasizing a state of being reduced to fine particles.