- to break (into pieces); to be broken; to be smashed
- to collapse; to crumble; to decline; to cool (e.g. enthusiasm); to dampen (e.g. one's will to fight)
- to become less formal; to throw off reserve; to become affablesee also
- to become easy to understand (e.g. a story)see also
- to be worried
Ichidan verb; intransitive verb
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The verb 'help' takes to-infinitives and bare infinitives but bare infinitives are said to be the most common in casual text; as also used in this example sentence.
Then, while saying this, the memories of the men who had seduced her, her husband's colleague who had approached her as if it were a joke, the section chief with whom she had held hands, her relative who she had tried to kiss while she was drunk, shined as if projected upon a broken mirror.
The powerful fighter struck the wall of rock with both hands, smashing it into pieces.