壊こわす

こわす kowasu

to break

godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

弄坏；破坏

Examples

Furigana

その事ことが彼かれのすべての夢ゆめを壊こわした。
That destroyed all his dreams.
那件事毁掉了他的全部梦想。
Tatoeba #210011
かなり多おおくの家いえが台たい風ふうで壊こわされた。
Not a few houses were destroyed by the typhoon.
相当多的房屋被台风摧毁了。
Tatoeba #226267

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('0b089107f6'); // 壊す

{
  "id": "0b089107f6",
  "word": "壊す",
  "reading": "こわす",
  "romaji": "kowasu",
  "meanings": [
    "to break"
  ],
  "level": "N4",
  "pos": [
    "v5s",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1199890,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "その事が彼のすべての夢を壊した。",
      "furigana": "その{事|こと}が{彼|かれ}のすべての{夢|ゆめ}を{壊|こわ}した。",
      "en": "That destroyed all his dreams.",
      "tatoeba_id": 210011
    },
    {
      "ja": "かなり多くの家が台風で壊された。",
      "furigana": "かなり{多|おお}くの{家|いえ}が{台風|たいふう}で{壊|こわ}された。",
      "en": "Not a few houses were destroyed by the typhoon.",
      "tatoeba_id": 226267
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "38519706a102894c60e316a59a8fb0f40fe34addc25d3f478262bf2a8c8bffe6",
    "meanings": [
      "弄坏",
      "破坏"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "その事が彼のすべての夢を壊した。",
        "zh": "那件事毁掉了他的全部梦想。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "かなり多くの家が台風で壊された。",
        "zh": "相当多的房屋被台风摧毁了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n4/0b089107f6",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "6f272c79b91c3618a1ac0dd4ef5db5915dbc98d507befa9cfa53840a0f62c115"
  }
}