壊れる
こわれる
to be broken, to break
Kowareru (壊れる) is an ichidan verb meaning "to be broken, to break". Its polite form is 壊れます (kowaremasu), its te form is 壊れて (kowarete), its past form is 壊れた (kowareta), and its negative form is 壊れない (kowarenai).
Ichidan verbJLPT N4
Kowareru (壊れる) conjugation quick reference
壊れる means "to be broken, to break". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Kowareru example sentences
My radio broke yesterday.
The refrigerator is broken.
I hope my smartphone doesn't break.
How to use Kowareru: grammar notes
•壊れる is used when something breaks on its own, so the thing that breaks takes the が particle (e.g., テレビが壊れた = The TV broke).
•Don’t use 壊れる to say “I broke it” — that would be 壊す (the active version), so make sure to use 壊れる only for when something breaks without saying who did it.
•To show when or where something broke, you can add time or place with に or で (e.g., 昨日、学校でスマホが壊れた = My phone broke at school yesterday).
•JLPT N4 level
Common phrases with Kowareru
テレビが壊れた
The TV broke
時計が壊れている
The clock is broken
スマホが壊れそう
My smartphone is about to break
Kowareru (壊れる) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 壊れる | kowareru |
| Masu Form | 壊れます | kowaremasu |
| Te Form | 壊れて | kowarete |
| Past Form | 壊れた | kowareta |
| Negative Form | 壊れない | kowarenai |
| Past Negative | 壊れなかった | kowarenakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 壊れます | kowaremasu |
| Polite Past | 壊れました | kowaremashita |
| Polite Negative | 壊れません | kowaremasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 壊れませんでした | kowaremasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 壊れられる | kowarerareru |
| Passive Form | 壊れられる | kowarerareru |
| Causative Form | 壊れさせる | kowaresaseru |
| Causative Passive | 壊れさせられる | kowaresaserareru |
| Volitional Form | 壊れよう | kowareyou |
| Imperative Form | 壊れろ | kowarero |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 壊れれば | kowarereba |
| Conditional (たら) | 壊れたら | kowaretara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 壊れている | kowareteiru |
| Desire (たい) | 壊れたい | kowaretai |
| Prohibition | 壊れるな | kowareruna |