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VOCABULARY
(会社が)つぶれる
tsu
bu
re
ru
to go out of business
go bankrupt, collapse (of a company)
verb
idiom
Example sentences
あのみせつぶれたらしい。
I heard that shop went out of business.
かいしゃがつぶれてごとうしなった。
The company went bankrupt and I lost my job.
けいおおくのみせつぶれた
Many shops went out of business due to the recession.
このかいしゃはつぶれそうだ。
This company seems like it's about to go bankrupt.

Practice exercises

1
ちち会社かいしゃつぶれた
My father's company went out of business.
Answer
つぶれた
2
近所きんじょみせつぶれ残念ざんねんだ。
I am sad that the neighborhood shop went out of business.
Answer
つぶれ
3
経営けいえいがうまくいかずにつぶれる前に対策たいさく必要ひつようだ。
Measures are needed before the business collapses due to poor management.
Answer
つぶれる
4
借金しゃっきんつづければ、会社かいしゃつぶれるのも時間じかん問題もんだいだ。
If the debt keeps increasing, it is only a matter of time before the company goes out of business.
Answer
つぶれる
5
業績ぎょうせき悪化あっかつづけた中小企業ちゅうしょうきぎょうつぶれ従業員じゅうぎょういん突然とつぜんしょくうしな事態じたいとなった。
As the small and medium-sized enterprise's performance continued to decline and it went out of business, its employees suddenly found themselves out of a job.
Answer
つぶれ