破れる

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 破れる is read as やぶれる and means tearing or having an established state broken.
• Basic usage: It can describe the bottom of a paper bag tearing or long-standing silence being broken by drums.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A material object tearing
  • 破れる means that the bottom of the paper bag tears under the weight inside. Example: 紙袋は重い物を入れると底が破れることがある。
• Silence being broken
  • 破れた means that a long-maintained quiet state was broken by the sound of drums. Example: 長く守られてきた静けさが祭りの太鼓で破れた。