カイ, エ, こわ.す, こわ.れる, やぶ.る

demolition, break, destroy

JLPT1 G7 S16 F727

As per 褱# as described in (fall and be absorbed) + earth → collapsing pile of earth, absorbed by the ground (compare , 隨 and ) → *collapse*; *destruction* → *pull/tear down*; *breakage*; *damage*; *injury*.

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