粉砕|ふんさいfunsai[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbpulverization; pulverisation
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbreducing to pieces; crushing; smashing; demolishing
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 粉砕する（ふんさいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 粉砕します（ふんさいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 粉砕しない（ふんさいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 粉砕しません（ふんさいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 粉砕せず・粉砕せぬ（ふんさいせず・ふんさいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 粉砕した（ふんさいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 粉砕しました（ふんさいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 粉砕しなかった（ふんさいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 粉砕しませんでした（ふんさいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 粉砕して（ふんさいして） |
| Potential | 粉砕できる（ふんさいできる） |
| Passive | 粉砕される（ふんさいされる） |
| Causative | 粉砕させる（ふんさいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 粉砕させられる（ふんさいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 粉砕すれば（ふんさいすれば） |
| tara | 粉砕したら（ふんさいしたら） |
| Volitional | 粉砕しよう（ふんさいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 粉砕しましょう（ふんさいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 粉砕しろ（ふんさいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym破砕はさいWrittenWritten/formal prose term for crushing or breaking up, as in 「岩石の破砕」; common in engineering. 「粉砕」 stresses reducing things to powder.
- Synonym撃砕げきさいWrittenWritten/formal and fairly rare; smashing something to pieces by striking it hard, with the emphasis on the blow.
- Synonym打ち砕くうちくだくNeutralA neutral verb: smash something to pieces. Also figurative, as in 「夢を打ち砕く」, crushing hopes or dreams.
- Synonym磨り砕くすりくだくNeutralA neutral verb for grinding something into powder; highlights the rubbing, grinding action itself.
- Related圧砕あっさいWrittenWritten/formal term for crushing by applying pressure; used in engineering and geology, with the focus on the force rather than the result.
- Relatedすり潰すすりつぶすNeutralA neutral verb for grinding things into paste, fine grains or powder; it can also mean squandering a fortune.
- Related握りつぶすにぎりつぶすNeutralA neutral verb: crush something in your hands; figuratively, to shelve or kill a submitted proposal without acting on it.
- Related噛みしだくかみしだくNeutralA neutral verb: crush with the teeth; it also means breaking a complex subject down so it is easy to understand.
- RelatedグラインドNeutralA loanword for grinding; leans toward machinery and coffee contexts.
- Antonym結合けつごうNeutralAn antonym: joining or combining things into one, the opposite of 「粉砕」 breaking things apart.
- Antonym融合ゆうごうNeutralAn antonym: fusing or merging into one, the opposite of 「粉砕」 pulverizing and scattering things.
- Antonym修復しゅうふくNeutralAn antonym: repairing damaged parts back to their original state, the opposite of the destruction 「粉砕」 implies.
Use 「粉砕」 for pounding something to powder or utterly crushing an opponent, as in 「氷を粉砕する」「敵を粉砕」. Engineering contexts prefer 「破砕」, smashing is 「打ち砕く」, grinding is 「すり潰す」; the antonym is 「修復」.
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