VOCABULARY
（会社が）つぶれる
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to go out of business
go bankrupt, collapse (of a company)
verb
idiom
Example sentences
あの店はつぶれたらしい。
I heard that shop went out of business.
会社がつぶれて仕事を失った。
The company went bankrupt and I lost my job.
不景気で多くの店がつぶれた。
Many shops went out of business due to the recession.
この会社はつぶれそうだ。
This company seems like it's about to go bankrupt.
Practice exercises
1
父の会社がつぶれた。
My father's company went out of business.
Answer
つぶれた
2
近所の店がつぶれて残念だ。
I am sad that the neighborhood shop went out of business.
Answer
つぶれ
3
経営がうまくいかずにつぶれる前に対策が必要だ。
Measures are needed before the business collapses due to poor management.
Answer
つぶれる
4
借金が増え続ければ、会社がつぶれるのも時間の問題だ。
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
業績が悪化し続けた中小企業がつぶれ、従業員が突然職を失う事態となった。
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