崩れる
Meanings
Ichidan verb
Intransitive verb
1. to collapse; to crumble
2. to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to become disorganized; to become untidy
3. to break down; to be thrown into disarray
4. to crash (stock market); to slump; to decline
5. to break money into small change
6. to turn bad (e.g. weather); to change for the worse; to deteriorate
Kanji used
Pitch accent
くずれる
Examples12
来週 天気 が くずれる こと は ない でしょう。
I do not believe the weather will change for the worse next week.
千円札 くずれます か。
Can you break a 1000 yen bill?
本 の 山 は 今にも 崩れ そう に 見える。
Those books look as if they're going to topple over any minute.
その バス停 で 人々 は 整列 して 待っていた が、 バス が 止まる と すぐに その 列 は 崩れた。
At the bus stop, people waited in orderly lines, but as soon as the bus pulled up, the line broke up.
彼らの 反対 は くずれた。
Their opposition broke down.
壁 が 地震 で 崩れた。
The wall gave way in the earthquake.