雪の重さで家がつぶれた。

snow

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

heavy; weighty; massive; heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy; slow; sluggish; lumbering; ponderous; clumsy; important; serious; grave; serious; severe; critical; solid; established; dignified; sensible

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

to be crushed; to be smashed; to be broken; to collapse; to become useless; to cease functioning; to be wasted (e.g. time); to go bankrupt; to go out of business; to fail