破ります（やぶります、yaburimasu）
- to tear (transitive)
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破ります (やぶります, romaji: yaburimasu) means "to tear (transitive)" in Japanese. It is a N3 Mid-level Verb (group 1) word.
| Meaning: | to tear (transitive) |
| Level: | N3 Mid |
| Lexical Category: | Verb (group 1) (五段動詞) |
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Verb Conjugation
Basic Conjugation
Romaji：yaburimasu
Hiragana：やぶります
Polite-form (ます形) | やぶります破ります。tear (transitive). |
Dict-form (辞書形) | 破るtear (transitive) |
Connect-form (て形) | 破って + <Verb> |
Not-form (ない形) | 破らないnot tear (transitive) |
Advanced Conjugation
Past-form (た形) | 破ったtear (transitive))ed |
Terminal-form (終止形) | 破る。tear (transitive). |
If-form (仮定形) | 破ればif tear (transitive) |
Let's-form (意志形) | 破ろう !let's tear (transitive) |
Command-form (命令形) | 破れ !tear (transitive) ! |
AI Explanation
The Japanese verb 破ります (yaburimasu) primarily means "to break," "to tear," "to violate," or "to destroy." It implies causing something to no longer be whole, intact, or in its original state. The specific nuance depends on the context. 破ります can refer to physically breaking something, tearing a piece of paper, violating a rule, or breaking a promise.
⚫︎ 紙を破ります Translation: I tear the paper. ⚫︎ 約束を破ります Translation: I break a promise. ⚫︎ 窓を破ります Translation: I break the window.
⚫︎ You would use 破ります when you want to describe an action that causes something to be broken, torn, or violated. ⚫︎ The subject of 破ります can be a person, an animal, or even a natural force. ⚫︎ It's important to consider the context to understand the exact meaning.
⚫︎ The base form is 破る (yaburu). ⚫︎ The polite form is 破ります (yaburimasu). ⚫︎ Kanji: 破 ⚫︎ Hiragana: やぶります ⚫︎ Okurigana: The okurigana is typically "ります" (rimasu) in its polite form. ⚫︎ Other conjugations include 破らない (yaburanai - do not break), 破った (yabutta - broke), etc.
⚫︎ 壊す (kowasu) - to break, to destroy (used more broadly, often for things that cannot be physically broken) ⚫︎ 壊れる (kowareru) - to break (intransitive - something breaks by itself) ⚫︎ 割る (waru) - to break, to crack (often used for things that shatter) ⚫︎ 引き裂く (hikisaku) - to tear apart, to rip ⚫︎ 違反する (ihan suru) - to violate (laws, rules)
⚫︎ 直す (naosu) - to fix, to repair ⚫︎ 守る (mamoru) - to protect, to keep (e.g., a promise) ⚫︎ 治す (naosu) - to heal, to cure
彼は、約束を破りますことを決してしません。 ・Translation: He never breaks his promise. ・Explanation: This sentence uses 破ります to describe the act of breaking a promise.
子供は、おもちゃを破ってしまいました。 ・Translation: The child broke the toy. ・Explanation: This sentence uses 破って, the -te form of 破る, to describe an action of breaking an object.
The kanji 破 (ha) has the meanings of "to tear," "to break," and "to destroy." The verb 破る is derived from this kanji and means to cause something to break. The origin traces back to the ancient Chinese character for this meaning.