Word Meaning 破れ (Yare): Spoilage, Waste

Meaning

English

spoilage
waste
wastepaper
tear
rip
breach
break
hole

Reading

Kana

やれ

Romaji

yare

Writing Variants

破れやぶれ yabure

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 119904 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

破産

はさん

bankruptcy

破局

はきょく

catastrophe

破る

やぶる

to break (a record)

破れる

やぶれる

to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.)

破格

はかく

solecistic

破談

はだん

breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.)

破産法

はさんほう

Bankruptcy Act

破れ目

やれめ

rent

破体

はたい

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

破約

はやく

breaking (an agreement, promise)

破調

はちょう

out of tune

破題

はだい

opening section of a Chinese poem or essay (in which the topic is broached)

Example Sentences

6

強風で窓が破れた。

きょうふうでまどがやぶれた。

The window screen tore because of the strong wind.

計画は雨で破れた。

けいかくはあめでやぶれた。

The plan was frustrated by the rain.

国破れて、山河あり。

The country is in ruins, yet still there are mountains and rivers.

銃声のせいで鼓膜が破れた。

My eardrums burst because of the gunshot.

そんなに引っ張らないで、服が破れるでしょ！

Don't pull like that! You'll rip my clothes.

その地図はとても古く、ところどころ破れかけていた。

The map was very old and it was torn here and there.