Illustration: In an apartment building’s recycling area, an adult presses a clean, empty drink can flat beneath a sturdy shoe. Their weight is visibly over the planted foot, and the can’s cylindrical sides buckle outward into sharp folds.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

潰つぶす

tsubusu

to crush, to flatten

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは私わたしの帽子ぼうしをぺちゃんこにつぶした。

    He squashed my hat flat.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. このバナナケースを使つかうと、バナナを潰つぶすことなく持もち運はこべます。

    By using this banana case, you can transport bananas without squashing them.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 水みずぶくれを潰つぶさないでくれ。

    Please don’t pop the blisters.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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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