割れる

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. コップが落ちて割れました。▶ —
   The glass fell and broke.
2. このガラスは割れにくいです。▶ —
   This glass is hard to break.

Collocations

Mnemonic

割れる wareru — the intransitive partner of 割る (to break). Something breaks on its own, with no agent: コップが割れる (the glass breaks). Figuratively it appears in 意見が割れる (opinions split), close in nuance to 分かれる from K-76. 割れやすい = easy to break; 割れにくい = hard to break.

Quick check

1. What does 割れにくい mean?

   • hard to break
   • easy to break
   • already broken
   • must be broken