Illustration: In a small restaurant's preparation area, a cook strikes a solid block of ice with a wooden mallet inside a deep metal tray. The impact breaks the block into several jagged chunks, with smaller chips scattering against the tray's high sides.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

砕くだく

kudaku

to crush, to break into pieces

Example sentences

  1. ピックは硬かたい地表ちひょうを砕くだくために用もちいられる長ながい取とっ手ての道具どうぐだ。

    A pick is a long handled tool used for breaking up hard ground surfaces.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 酒粕さけかすはすり鉢ばちなどを用もちいてよく砕くだいておく。

    Sakekasu needs to be ground well by using a mortar and pestle.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 発酵はっこうが進すすみ過すぎて糠漬ぬかづけが酸すっぱくなったときは、卵たまごの殻からを砕くだいて入いれる。

    When fermentation advances too much and nuka-zuke becomes too sour, add crushed eggshell.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 砕

  • 砕smash; breakOnサイKunくだく・くだける

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