Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Nounextraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; special; abnormal; irregular · solecistic; non-standard; irregular

Ichidan verb, Intransitive verbto break; to be smashed · to split; to crack; to fissure; to be torn · to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party)

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verbto divide · to cut; to halve; to separate; to split; to rip · to break; to crack; to smash

Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verbto tear; to rip; to break; to destroy · to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach · to defeat; to beat

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbbankruptcy; insolvency

Nounpanel; wainscoting; wainscotting · plight; fix; bind; awkward situation; difficult situation; mess

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verbdestruction; disruption · (application) crash

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbtearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction · annulment; cancellation; abrogation; voiding; breaking (e.g. a treaty) · reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing

Nouncatastrophe; cataclysm · collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verbdamage; breakage

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbfailure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy · tear (in clothing, etc.); rip; split

Nounfragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbruin; destruction; fall

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbbursting; rupture; explosion · breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off

Ichidan verb, Intransitive verbto get torn; to tear; to rip; to break; to wear out · to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse; to fall into ruin

Nouncrack; crevice; split; fissure; cleft; rift; chasm; chink; gap · opening of the vagina; slit

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)destructive; devastating

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noununheard-of; unprecedented · daring; wild; uninhibited; unconventional; reckless

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Nounshameless; infamous; disgraceful

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)destructive; catastrophic; disastrous; ruinous; devastating

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Nounabsurd; unreasonable; nonsensical; preposterous; incoherent · extreme; senseless; reckless; wanton · disorderly; chaotic; confused; messy

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)desperation; self-abandonment

Nounmiddle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)

Nounage 16 (of a girl); pubescence; puberty · age 64 (of a man) · breaking of the hymen (during sex); female defloration; deflowering

Nounbreaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)

Nounstarting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); calling off · clearing an abacus

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbwater breaking (during pregnancy)

Nounbroken line; dashed line

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbexpulsion (of a pupil) · excommunication; anathema · expulsion (from a gang)

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbbreaking (an agreement, promise); cancellation (of a contract)

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verbcrushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up

Nounbreaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbgiving a broad smile

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbbreaking out of prison

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbbreaking out of prison; jailbreak

Nounimmorality (oft. sexual)

Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Nounirresistible; unstoppable; indomitable · breaking bamboo

Nouncrushing evil; destroying heresy

Noungable

Nountumbledown or dilapidated house

Nounshipwreck

Nounout of tune; (poetic) broken meter

Nounbroken mirror · marital separation; divorce · partially eclipsed moon

Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verbto tear; to rip

Noun, Suru verbexorcism

Nounin calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbrupture; break; fracture

Nounskeleton shrimp (Caprella mutica); spectre shrimp; specter shrimp

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbmarriage breakup; divorce; engagement breakup