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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

綻ほころびる

N1
ほころびる hokorobiru
  1. to come apart at the seams
  2. to begin to open
  3. 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"
  }
}