綻びる
N1ほころびる hokorobiru
- to come apart at the seams
- to begin to open
- to smile broadly
ichidan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
开线;绽开
Examples
- 彼女のドレスのへりはほころびていた。The border of her dress was torn.她裙子的边缘开线了。
- 彼女の顔がほころびた。Her face broke into a smile.她笑得眉开眼笑。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b775abdd11'); // 綻びる
{
"id": "b775abdd11",
"word": "綻びる",
"reading": "ほころびる",
"romaji": "hokorobiru",
"meanings": [
"to come apart at the seams",
"to begin to open",
"to smile broadly"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v1",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1419000,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼女のドレスのへりはほころびていた。",
"en": "The border of her dress was torn.",
"tatoeba_id": 94683
},
{
"ja": "彼女の顔がほころびた。",
"en": "Her face broke into a smile."
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "637d70ae1baa7e762c55fc2c9cd36f6a0313ec10d6cb9f60adf6e8995a314c82",
"meanings": [
"开线",
"绽开"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼女のドレスのへりはほころびていた。",
"zh": "她裙子的边缘开线了。"
},
{
"ja": "彼女の顔がほころびた。",
"zh": "她笑得眉开眼笑。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/b775abdd11",
"JMdict ent_seq 1419000; 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": "95518f9d1428e1c079781156eefbb9cd00f2c518f7134072ef08670bc6caf07a"
}
}