突き破る・突破る|つきやぶるtsukiyaburu[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

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Which spelling to use
突き破る突き破る(つきやぶる) is the more common written form and the recommended choice for beginners; use it as your default when writing the word.
突破る突破る is a less common written variant of 突き破る. Learners should generally choose 突き破る instead.
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto break through; to penetrate; to pierce
    群衆ぐんしゅうは統制とうせいが効きかなくなってフェンスを突き破つきやぶった。↗
    The crowd got out of control and broke through the fence.
Conjugation
Dictionary form突き破る(つきやぶる)
Polite (masu)突き破ります(つきやぶります)
Negative (nai)突き破らない(つきやぶらない)
polite (masen)突き破りません(つきやぶりません)
classical zu / nu突き破らず・突き破らぬ(つきやぶらず・つきやぶらぬ)
Past (ta)突き破った(つきやぶった)
polite (mashita)突き破りました(つきやぶりました)
Past negative (nakatta)突き破らなかった(つきやぶらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)突き破りませんでした(つきやぶりませんでした)
Te form突き破って(つきやぶって)
Potential突き破れる(つきやぶれる)
Passive突き破られる(つきやぶられる)
Causative突き破らせる(つきやぶらせる)
Causative passive突き破らせられる・突き破らされる(つきやぶらせられる・つきやぶらされる)
Conditional (ba)突き破れば(つきやぶれば)
tara突き破ったら(つきやぶったら)
Volitional突き破ろう(つきやぶろう)
polite (mashou)突き破りましょう(つきやぶりましょう)
Imperative突き破れ(つきやぶれ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym突き抜けるつきぬけるNeutralIntransitive: focuses on getting through to the other side, and can also figuratively mean standing out. Carries less sense of destruction than 「突き破る」.
  • Related突破とっぱWrittenWritten/formal: focuses on overcoming difficulties or forcing past a checkpoint, as in 「突破口」; rather abstract in flavor.
  • Antonym守るまもるNeutralNeutral antonym: to protect or guard something so it is not destroyed — the opposite of 「突き破る」 smashing through a defensive line.
  • Antonym固守するWrittenWritten/formal antonym: to hold fast to a position and defend it — the opposite of 「突き破る」 breaking through battle lines.

Use 「突き破る」 for forcefully piercing or smashing through an obstacle, as in 「壁を突き破る」 or 「敵陣を突き破る」. For simply getting through to the other side, use 「突き抜ける」; for overcoming difficulties, 「突破」. The opposite is 「守る」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 突ついて破やぶる。
  2. 突進とっしんして相手あいてを破やぶる。
  3. 困難こんなんなどを打ち破うちやぶる。
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