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Zach

落ちぶれる

零落れる、 落魄れる

Reading

Kana: おちぶれる
Romaji: ochibureru
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Definition

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to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin

Kanji

Readings: ラク、 お.ちる、 お.ち、 お.とす
Meanings: fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet
Readings: レイ、 ぜろ、 こぼ.す、 こぼ.れる
Meanings: zero, spill, overflow, nothing, cipher
Readings: ハク、 タク、 たましい
Meanings: soul, spirit

Example Sentences

(かれ)()ちぶれた。
➥He came down in the world.
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(かれ)人生(じんせい)()ちぶれていった。
➥He went downward in life.
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この(くに)本当(ほんとう)()ちぶれてきている。
➥This country is really going to the dogs!
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(かれ)はおちぶれてしまった。
➥He has come down in the world.
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(かれ)(ぬす)みをするまでに()ちぶれた。
➥He descended to stealing.
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いまはおちぶれているがスミスさんは(むかし)、たいしたものだったんだ。
➥Mr Smith is poor but he has seen better days.
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