Illustration: Beside a sofa, an empty cardboard shoe box has collapsed beneath a large sleeping cat. Its lid sags into the middle, the side walls fold outward, and one corner has flattened almost to the floor. The cat remains serenely curled on top, apparently pleased with the newly customized bed.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

潰つぶれる

tsubureru

to be crushed, to collapse

Example sentences

雪ゆきの重おもさで家いえがつぶれた。
The house collapsed under the weight of snow.
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彼かれの家いえは今いまにもつぶれそうなしろものだ。
His house is a tumbledown affair.
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彼かれは全力ぜんりょくをふりしぼってつぶれた車くるまからはい出だした。
He used all his strength to crawl out of the wrecked car.
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Kanji in 潰

潰crush; smashOnカイ・エKunつぶす・つぶれる・ついえる

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