綻
綻

be rent, ripped, unravel, run, begin to open, smile

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ほころ.びる

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Common Words

破綻破たんはたんNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #7844
1

failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy

Examples
彼らの結婚生活は去年破たんした。
Their marriage broke up last year.
2

Archaic

tear (in clothing, etc.); rip; split

ほころぶ綻ぶIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #10796
1

to begin to open; to come out

2

to smile broadly

3

to come apart at the seams (clothes)

綻びほころびNounFreq #24131
1

open seam; seam that has come apart; tear

Examples
シャツのほころびも直した。
I mended my torn shirt, too.
顔がほころぶ顔が綻ぶかおがほころぶExpressionGodan verbFreq #38589
1

to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam

ほころびる綻びるIntransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #47278
1

to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to be torn

Examples
彼女のドレスのへりはほころびていた。
The border of her dress was torn.
2

to begin to open; to begin to bloom

3

to smile broadly; to break into a smile

ほころばす綻ばすTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #86099
1

to rip up (a seam); to burst; to tear; to break out (e.g. into a smile)

財政破綻ざいせいはたんNounFreq #88990
1

economic collapse

経営破綻けいえいはたんNounFreq #89079
1

business failure

破綻をきたす破綻を来すはたんをきたすExpressionGodan verbFreq #111156
1

to be ruined; to fail; to undergo a break-up; to go bankrupt

経済破綻けいざいはたんNounFreq #216393
1

economic collapse; financial failure; bankruptcy

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