Illustration: On a quiet residential lane, a cyclist squeezes the handlebar brake lever and stops just before a loose shopping bag blows across the front wheel.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

ブレーキ

bureeki

brake

Example sentences

  1. ブレーキが効きかなかった。

    The brakes did not work.

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  2. 彼かれはブレーキを踏ふんだ。

    He pressed the brake pedal.

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  3. ブレーキの調子ちょうしが悪わるい。

    Something is wrong with the brakes.

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