Last Updated:2025/11/20

(intransitive) To stop functioning. (machine, computer, vehicle) / (intransitive) To collapse, physically or in structure. (unexpectedly) / (intransitive) To demolish, to pull down. (intentionally)

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break down

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break down

Verb
intransitive idiomatic ergative figuratively informal sometimes
Japanese Meaning
故障する(機械・車両などが動作を停止する) / 倒壊する、崩壊する(建物などが物理的に崩れる) / 解体する、取り壊す(意図的に建物などを取り壊す)
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その古いサーバーは最も混雑する時間帯に故障し始め、皆に遅れを引き起こした。

present singular third-person

participle present

past

participle past

informal participle past

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