Nounwhelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.) · small spiral-shelled snail (esp. a pond snail)

Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verbto smash; to crush; to flatten · to shut down; to put out of business; to force (a company) to close up shop · to wreck; to break; to block; to thwart

Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb, Intransitive verbto mutter; to murmur; to grumble · to tweet; to post on Twitter

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verbto close (one's eyes); to shut

Ichidan verb, Intransitive verbto be crushed; to be squashed; to be smashed; to be destroyed; to be broken; to collapse · to go bankrupt; to go under; to fail; to collapse · to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to collapse (e.g. of a project); to fall through; to blow up