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 151274 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

名誉毀損

めいよきそん

libel

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

3

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.

It is a waste of effort to try and destroy the old. If we can truly renew ourselves, the old will already be destroyed.