ぶつかる
N2 butsukaru
- to strike
- to collide with
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
碰撞;赶上
Examples
- 波は岩にぶつかってくだけている。Waves are breaking against the rocks.波浪撞到岩石上碎开。
- ちょうど日曜日にぶつかりますね。It falls on Sunday.正好赶上星期天呢。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f6627edb12'); // ぶつかる
{
"id": "f6627edb12",
"word": "ぶつかる",
"reading": "ぶつかる",
"romaji": "butsukaru",
"meanings": [
"to strike",
"to collide with"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"v5r",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1011180,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "波は岩にぶつかってくだけている。",
"furigana": "{波|なみ}は{岩|いわ}にぶつかってくだけている。",
"en": "Waves are breaking against the rocks.",
"tatoeba_id": 121659
},
{
"ja": "ちょうど日曜日にぶつかりますね。",
"furigana": "ちょうど{日曜日|にちようび}にぶつかりますね。",
"en": "It falls on Sunday.",
"tatoeba_id": 202889
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "0a2262206a17e3e2362883dd112f848b755be92f887ad2ee47d308add0ed1557",
"meanings": [
"碰撞",
"赶上"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "波は岩にぶつかってくだけている。",
"zh": "波浪撞到岩石上碎开。"
},
{
"ja": "ちょうど日曜日にぶつかりますね。",
"zh": "正好赶上星期天呢。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/f6627edb12",
"JMdict ent_seq 1011180; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "a1be72edc239696bfefa060de206ddf16581a103f39dc8e60a624a1291cdc355"
}
}