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割れる

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

割れる — “to break, to be smashed”

割れる (read われる) means to break, to be smashed. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a verb.

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われる

Meaning

to break, to be smashed

割れる in a sentence

地震じしんで窓まどガラスが割れわれました。

The window glass broke in the earthquake.

The kanji in 割れる

割to divide; percentage

Words that share a kanji with 割れる

割るわる— to break, to split, to divide
割合わりあい— ratio, proportion, rate
役割やくわり— role, part, duty
時間割じかんわり— timetable, class schedule
割り算わりざん— division (arithmetic)
割とわりと— relatively, comparatively, fairly
割引わりびき— discount

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