破る (やぶる): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

破る (やぶる) means to tear / to break / to defeat.

See example sentences below.

破る at a glance

破る

やぶるyaburu

N3verb

to tear / to break / to defeat

破るやぶるyaburuN3Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to tear / to break / to defeat

Example 1

紙をやぶってしまった。

Translation

I accidentally tore the paper.

Example 2

彼は記録をやぶった。

Translation

He broke the record.