つぶれる

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of つぶれる – see the following entry.

【潰れる】 [verb] to be ruined, crushed, smashed, destroyed, wrecked [verb] to be ruined, to go bankrupt, to go under [verb] (of a blade) to become dull [verb] to be smashed; to be wasted (drunk)

(This term, つぶれる, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Verb

つぶれる • (tsubureru) 

1. potential form of つぶる (tsuburu) [godan]