| KAI |
That KITE-eating tree broke my KITE! |
|
The cloth fell from the UFO and broke when it hit the earth. |
| ( を ) こわ＊す |
I smash something , I break something.
★★★☆☆ |
| ( が ) こわ＊れる |
something doesn't work anymore: your TV, your PSP, your dishwasher. Call the repair-person!
★★★☆☆ |
| 壊れ物 |
fragile thing
★★★☆☆
|
| 崩壊 |
collapse
★☆☆☆☆
a collapse- said of a building, but also (figuratively) like 'The collapse of communism.' |
| 破壊 |
Destruction.
★☆☆☆☆
Destruction. Ususaly used about bombs, or 'President Bush destroyed the economy,'. . . pretty much the same circumstances you'd use the English word. (BOOBOO: you can't use する with this one, for some reason. It's one of those nouns you can't verb) |
| Meaning | Hint | Radical | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 聴 | listen to | EAR | 耳 |
| 壊 | break | GROUND | 土 |
| 懐 | nostalgia | HEART | 心 |
| 徳 | virtue | GO | 行 |
You listen with your EARS.
You break a TV on the hard GROUND.
You are nostalgic with your HEART.
You GO along the path of virtue.
KANJIDAMAGE
