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打ち壊す打ち毀す [rK] 打ちこわす [sK] 打壊す [sK]
うちこわす
1. [v5s,vt]
▶ to destroy
▶ to break (by striking)
▶ to smash (to pieces)
▶ to knock down
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1408630 ぶち壊す 1. to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to knock down
2. [v5s,vt]
▶ to ruin (e.g. a plan)
▶ to wreck
▶ to do away with (an old custom, ideology, etc.)
▶ to overthrow (a system)
▶ to dismantle

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2023-11-10 23:11:58  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2023-11-10 17:24:36  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5, luminous, daij, meikyo
  Comments:
I don't think "reform" is a good fit here.
  Diff:
@@ -27,3 +27,3 @@
-<gloss>to crush</gloss>
-<gloss>to break by striking</gloss>
-<gloss>to wreck</gloss>
+<gloss>to break (by striking)</gloss>
+<gloss>to smash (to pieces)</gloss>
+<gloss>to knock down</gloss>
@@ -34,2 +34,5 @@
-<gloss>to eliminate (traditions, ideologies, old systems, etc.)</gloss>
-<gloss>to reform</gloss>
+<gloss>to ruin (e.g. a plan)</gloss>
+<gloss>to wreck</gloss>
+<gloss>to do away with (an old custom, ideology, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>to overthrow (a system)</gloss>
+<gloss>to dismantle</gloss>
3. A 2023-11-08 20:13:12  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2023-11-08 15:07:38  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
meikyo:
  ②まとまった状態にある物事をだめにする。また、既存の思想・慣習などを取り除く。「計画[旧弊]を━」
daijirin:
  ②既存の思想・計画などを努力して取り除く。「古い道徳観を━・す」
  Comments:
Adding a second sense from meikyo and daijirin.
Adding the 打ち- search keys from the ぶち- entry.
  Diff:
@@ -9,0 +10,8 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>打ちこわす</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>打壊す</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -24,0 +33,6 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&v5s;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<gloss>to eliminate (traditions, ideologies, old systems, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>to reform</gloss>
+</sense>
1. A* 2023-11-08 07:35:32  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Split from 1408630.

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