Word Meaning 崩れ

くずれ kuzure

崩れ is read as くずれ (kuzure) and means has-been.

Meaning

English

  1. has-been
  2. wannabe
  3. crumbling
  4. collapse
  5. ruin

Reading

Kana

くずれ

Romaji

kuzure

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 13910 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

崩壊

ほうかい

(radioactive) decay

崩れる

くずれる

to break money into small change

崩す

くずす

to lower (a price)

崩落

ほうらく

market decline

崩れ落ちる

くずれおちる

to crumble down

崩れ去る

くずれさる

to crumble away

崩解

ほうかい

disintegration

崩し書き

くずしがき

cursive style of writing or calligraphy

山崩れ

やまくずれ

landslide

値崩れ

ねくずれ

price collapse

総崩れ

そうくずれ

rout

学生崩れ

がくせいくずれ

degenerate ex-student

Example Sentences

10

おおあめでがけがくずれた。

The cliff crumbled due to heavy rain.

つんだきばこがくずれおちた。

The stacked wooden boxes tumbled down.

きんこうがくずれはじめた。

The balance began to crumble.

The bridge collapsed.

The weather is threatening.

The wall gave way in the earthquake.

It seems the weather will deteriorate.

Look out for rock slides.

Mary collapsed in tears.

Looks like the weather's going to be bad tomorrow.