崩す|くずすkuzusu[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. godan verb, transitive verbto destroy; to demolish; to pull down; to tear down; to level
2. godan verb, transitive verbto disturb; to put into disorder; to throw off balance; to make shaky
3. godan verb, transitive verbto relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease
4. godan verb, transitive verbto break (a bill); to change; to make changeoft. 札を崩す, etc.
   １０００円えん札さつをくずしていただけませんか。↗

   Could you break a 1,000 yen note?
5. godan verb, transitive verbto write in cursive style; to write in running styleoft. as 字を崩す
6. godan verb, transitive verbto break into a smile; to let off a smileas 顔を崩す, etc.
7. godan verb, transitive verbto lower (a price)
   キャベツは生産せいさん過剰かじょうで値あたいをくずした。↗

   The price of cabbage fell because of overproduction.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• Synonym取り壊すとりこわすNeutralSpecifically for demolishing structures such as buildings, walls and bridges, as in 「家を取り壊す」.
• Synonym損なうそこなうNeutralTo harm or impair something such as health or one's mood, as in 「健康を損なう」.
• Synonym取り崩すとりくずすNeutralTo dip into savings little by little, or to dismantle something, as in 「貯金を取り崩す」.
• Synonymぶち壊すぶちこわすCasualColloquial: smashing something to pieces or destroying it outright; also ruining a plan or an atmosphere. Rough in tone.
• Synonym打ち壊すうちこわすCasualSame word as the entry above: 「打ち壊す」 is another way to write it (read 「ぶちこわす」); read 「うちこわす」, it means smashing things down, in a somewhat calmer tone.
• Synonym打ち崩すうちくずすNeutralTo smash through and crush an opponent's defenses, as in 「投手を打ち崩す」.
• Related取り壊しとりこわしNeutralA noun for demolishing a building, as in 「取り壊し工事」.
• Related破壊はかいWrittenA noun of formal written prose for destroying or wrecking, as in 「環境破壊」; the object is usually something large or an established system.
• Related乱すみだすNeutralTo throw order into confusion or mess something up, as in 「列を乱す」; the emphasis is on the resulting disorder.
• Related解体かいたいWrittenA written-style noun for dismantling something or dissolving an organization, as in 「解体工事」.
• Antonym整えるととのえるNeutralThe opposite of 「崩す」: to tidy things up and put them in neat order.
• Antonym積むつむNeutralTo pile things up layer by layer or accumulate them — the opposite of knocking down what has been piled up.
• Antonym築くきずくNeutralThe opposite of destroying: to build or establish, as in 「信頼を築く」.

Use 「崩す」 for making something crumble or collapse, throwing things into disorder, breaking a bill into small change, or relaxing one's posture. For demolishing a building pick 「取り壊す」, for outright destruction 「破壊」, for disturbing order 「乱す」, for drawing on savings 「取り崩す」, and for building 「築く」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. まとまっているものや固かたまっているものを片っ端かたっぱしから壊こわし、形かたちを変かえ、原形げんけいをなくす。
2. 態度たいどや形勢けいせいなどを乱みだす。
3. 成立せいりつしなくさせる。
4. 姿勢しせいなどを緩ゆるめて楽らくにする。
5. 状態じょうたいを悪化あっかさせる。
6. 顔かおをほころばす。
7. 字画じかくを無視むしして簡単かんたんに書かく。草書そうしょ、行書ぎょうしょなどで書かく。
8. より少額しょうがくの通貨つうかに両替りょうがえする。
9. 値引ねびきする。
10. 株価かぶかなどが値あたいを下さげる。
11. スコアを悪わるくする。
12. 駄目だめにする。途中とちゅうでおわる。
13. 片端かたはしから少すこしずつする。