()れる

われる
verb (ichidan)
to break, to crack
1. to break, to crack, to split
For something to break into pieces or develop cracks. An intransitive verb describing something breaking on its own or being broken.
コップ()れました。
The glass broke.
(まど)()れています。
The window is broken.
ている for resulting state
Please be careful not to break the eggs.
Many plates broke during the earthquake.
When the child threw the ball, the neighbor's window broke, so we went to apologize.

TRANSITIVITY: 自動詞(じどうし) (intransitive). Pair: ()る (transitive). Pattern: Xが()れる (X breaks).

ASPECT: ている indicates resulting state. ()れている = 'is broken' (current state).

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • コップが()れる (glass breaks)
  • (まど)()れている (window is broken)
  • (たまご)()れる (egg cracks)
  • (こおり)()れる (ice cracks)

PAIR: ()る (transitive) - コップを()る (break a glass). Ichidan verb: te-form ()れて.

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