Break
"Break" in Japanese
ブレーク
burēku
(tennis: game won by receiving party)
ブレーク
burēku
(billiards, snooker: first shot)
休憩
kyūkei
(rest or pause, usually from work)
割れ目
wareme
(physical space that opens up in something or between two things)
隙間
sukima
(physical space that opens up in something or between two things)
ひびが入る
hibi ga hairu
(intransitive, of a bone: to crack)
ひびが入る
hibi ga hairu
(transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack)
ブレークする
burēku suru
(billiards: to make the first shot)
ブレークを取る
burēku o toru
(to win a game as receiver in tennis)
休憩する
kyūkei suru
(to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily)
割る
waru
(transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces)
割れる
wareru
(intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces)
壊す
kowasu
(transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces)
壊す
kowasu
(transitive: to cause to stop functioning)
壊れる
kowareru
(intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether)
折れる
oreru
(intransitive, of a bone: to crack)
折れる
oreru
(transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack)
散らばる
chirabaru
(intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces)
犯す
okasu
(transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something))
砕く
kudaku
(transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces)
破る
yaburu
(transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something))
破壊する
hakai suru
(transitive: to cause to stop functioning)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.