Word Meaning 毀れ

こぼれ kobore

毀れ is read as こぼれ (kobore) and means nick.

Meaning

English

  1. nick
  2. chip
  3. scratch

Reading

Kana

こぼれ

Romaji

kobore

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 149831 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

毀壊

きかい

being broken

毀傷

きしょう

injury

毀棄

きき

destruction

廃仏毀釈

はいぶつきしゃく

abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)

哀毀骨立

あいきこつりつ

losing weight and becoming bony because of grief

Example Sentences

2

ゆかにおとして、さらのふちがすこしこぼれた。

after it fell to the floor, the rim of the plate got slightly chipped.

ながねんのふううでせきぞうはひどくこぼれた。

the stone statue became badly worn and damaged after years of wind and rain.