崩れる|くずれるkuzureru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto collapse; to crumble
   本ほんの山やまは今いまにも崩くずれそうに見みえる。↗

   Those books look as if they're going to topple over any minute.
2. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to become disorganized; to become untidy
   そのバス停ばすていで人々ひとびとは整列せいれつして待まっていたが、バスが止とまるとすぐにその列れつは崩くずれた。↗

   At the bus stop, people waited in orderly lines, but as soon as the bus pulled up, the line broke up.
3. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto break down; to be thrown into disarray
4. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto crash (stock market); to slump; to decline
5. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto break money into small change
   千せん円えん札さつくずれますか。↗

   Can you break a 1000 yen bill?
6. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto turn bad (e.g. weather); to change for the worse; to deteriorate
   来週らいしゅう天気てんきがくずれることはないでしょう。↗

   I do not believe the weather will change for the worse next week.

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

• Synonym壊れるこわれるNeutralFor things breaking or machines failing (「時計が壊れる」); the point is loss of function, while 「崩れる」 is about a formed thing crumbling or losing its shape.
• Synonym潰れるつぶれるNeutralFor being crushed or squashed, and by extension a company going under or a plan falling through (「箱が潰れる」「会社が潰れる」).
• Synonym崩れ落ちるくずれおちるNeutralFor a piled-up thing collapsing and falling (「壁が崩れ落ちる」); the stress is on the downward tumble.
• Synonym崩れ去るくずれさるWrittenWritten/formal prose for something crumbling away until nothing remains (「夢が崩れ去る」); mostly abstract things.
• Synonym割れるわれるNeutralFor cracking or splitting (「皿が割れる」); figuratively, opinions dividing.
• Synonym自壊じかいWrittenWritten/formal prose for something falling apart on its own (「組織の自壊」); the point is that no outside force is involved.
• SynonymくずおれるWrittenFor a person slumping or sinking down where they stand (「その場にくずおれる」); mainly physical or emotional collapse. Written/formal.
• Synonym潰えるついえるWrittenWritten/formal prose for plans or dreams being dashed, or an army being routed (「野望が潰える」).
• Related崩壊ほうかいNeutralA noun for the collapse or disintegration of buildings or organizations (「家庭崩壊」); heavier and more drastic than 「崩れる」.
• Related倒壊とうかいNeutralFor buildings falling down (「家屋が倒壊する」); the word you meet in earthquake reporting.
• Related破壊はかいNeutralA noun with transitive force: destroying or wrecking something (「環境破壊」), by human hands or natural forces alike.
• Related崩落ほうらくNeutralFor mountainsides or tunnels caving in (「岩盤崩落」), and by extension a stock price plunging.
• Related破損はそんNeutralA noun for damage to objects, facilities or data (「データの破損」); it stresses being damaged, not a formed thing crumbling as 「崩れる」 does.
• Related砕けるくだけるNeutralFor breaking into pieces, but also an attitude turning easygoing or informal (「くだけた言い方」).
• Related瓦解がかいWrittenWritten/formal prose for an organization breaking up completely, starting from part of it (「政権が瓦解する」).
• Related決壊けっかいNeutralFor embankments or dams bursting and collapsing under rising water (「堤防が決壊する」).
• Antonym成り立つなりたつNeutralSaid of something holding up or being valid — the opposite of 「崩れる」.
• Antonym保つたもつNeutralTo keep or maintain something (「形を保つ」) — the direct opposite of 「崩れる」.
• Antonym整うととのうNeutralTo be neat and in good order — the opposite of the disarray 「崩れる」 describes.

Use 「崩れる」 for a formed thing crumbling, losing its shape or falling into disarray, and for weather turning bad (「山が崩れる」「天気が崩れる」). For loss of function pick 「壊れる」; for crushing or a company going under, 「潰れる」; for buildings collapsing, 「倒壊」; for organizations breaking down, 「崩壊」. The noun 「破壊」 covers destruction by human or natural force. The opposites are 「保つ」 (keep, maintain) and 「成り立つ」 (hold up).

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

1. まとまっていた物ものなどが支ささえる力ちからを失うしないばらばらになる。
2. 形かたち・姿勢しせいなどが乱みだれる。状態じょうたいや関係かんけいが悪化あっか・破綻はたんする。
3. 天気てんきが悪わるくなる。
4. 同額どうがくの小銭こぜにに替かえられる。
5. 相場そうばが下さがる。