# 崩れる
## Japanese

* Kanji in this term
* 崩
* くず Grade: S
* kun'yomi

### Etymology

⟨kuduru⟩ → /kuduru/ → /kud͡zuru/ → /kud͡zureru/
From Old Japanese 崩る (kuduru), in the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) pattern.
First cited to the 播磨風土記 (Harima Fudoki) of 715.
Ultimately from 屑 (kuzu, “rubbish, refuse, scrap, junk, waste”), and analyzable as etymologically meaning "to become rubbish". For the causative form 崩す (kuzusu), compare English to lay waste, to ruin.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) くずれる [kùzúréꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [kɯ̟zɨɾe̞ɾɯ̟]
* Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「崩れる」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary :
| Stem forms ||||
| Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) | 崩れる | くずれる | [kùzúréꜜrù] |
| Imperative (命令形) | 崩れろ | くずれろ | [kùzúréꜜrò] |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 崩れられる | くずれられる | [kùzúréráréꜜrù] |
| Causative | 崩れさせる | くずれさせる | [kùzúrésáséꜜrù] |
| Potential | 崩れられる | くずれられる | [kùzúréráréꜜrù] |
| Volitional | 崩れよう | くずれよー | [kùzúréyóꜜò] |
| Negative | 崩れない | くずれない | [kùzúréꜜnàì] |
| Negative perfective | 崩れなかった | くずれなかった | [kùzúréꜜnàkàttà] |
| Formal | 崩れます | くずれます | [kùzúrémáꜜsù] |
| Perfective | 崩れた | くずれた | [kùzúꜜrètà] |
| Conjunctive | 崩れて | くずれて | [kùzúꜜrètè] |
| Hypothetical conditional | 崩れれば | くずれれば | [kùzúréꜜrèbà] |

### Verb

崩(くず)れる • (kuzureru) intransitive ichidan (stem 崩(くず)れ (kuzure), past 崩(くず)れた (kuzureta))
Japanese verb pair :
| active | 崩す |
| mediopassive | 崩れる |
* [from 715] to collapse, to fall, to be destroyed, to become ruined, to crumble

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 崩れ | くずれ | kuzure |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 崩れ | くずれ | kuzure |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 崩れる | くずれる | kuzureru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 崩れる | くずれる | kuzureru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 崩れれ | くずれれ | kuzurere |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 崩れよ¹ 崩れろ² | くずれよ¹ くずれろ² | kuzureyo¹ kuzurero² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 崩れられる | くずれられる | kuzurerareru |
| Causative | 崩れさせる 崩れさす | くずれさせる くずれさす | kuzuresaseru kuzuresasu |
| Potential | 崩れられる 崩れれる³ | くずれられる くずれれる³ | kuzurerareru kuzurereru³ |
| Volitional | 崩れよう | くずれよう | kuzureyō |
| Negative | 崩れない 崩れぬ 崩れん | くずれない くずれぬ くずれん | kuzurenai kuzurenu kuzuren |
| Negative continuative | 崩れず | くずれず | kuzurezu |
| Formal | 崩れます | くずれます | kuzuremasu |
| Perfective | 崩れた | くずれた | kuzureta |
| Conjunctive | 崩れて | くずれて | kuzurete |
| Hypothetical conditional | 崩れれば | くずれれば | kuzurereba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential ||||

#### See also

* 転(ころ)ぶ (korobu, “to fall over; to tumble”)
* 落(お)ちる (ochiru, “to fall [from a height]”)
* 落下(らっか)する (rakka suru, “to drop, to descend”)

### References

* 1 2 3 “崩”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ “崩れる”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
* ↑ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
* ↑ Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN