破

broken umbrella; torn umbrella

Word usually written using kana alone

shredded umbrella plant (Syneilesis palmata)

bankruptcy court

starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); calling off

Orig. meaning

clearing an abacus

cracked pot

rate of destruction; destruction ratio

disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn

shoot-down order (e.g. for ballistic missile)

Proverb

a broken relationship can never be repaired; a divorced couple are never reconciled; a broken mirror will never shine again

Medicine

tetanus antitoxin

destructionism

breaking into a hearty laugh

subversive; subversive element

bottle breakage; broken bottle

Law

Subversive Activities Prevention Act

failed state

in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style

rupture disk

destructionist

(girl's arrival at) puberty

opening section of a Chinese poem or essay (in which the topic is broached); broaching the topic of a poem or essay in its opening lines

tetanus toxoid

bankrupt company

destroying a lock

Medicine

hebephrenia; disorganized schizophrenia (disorganised)