Japanese symbol for “wannabe”
崩れ
くずれ
Romaji: kuzure
crumbling; collapse; ruin
In Japanese, wannabe is 崩れ, read くずれ (kuzure).
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Meanings
- n crumbling; collapse; ruin
- n-suf has-been; wannabe
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “wannabe”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ワナビー | ワナビー wanabii | wannabe; wannabee |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 崩壊 | ほうかい houkai | collapse; crumbling; breaking down |
| 崩れる | くずれる kuzureru | to collapse; to crumble |
| 雪崩 | なだれ nadare | avalanche; snowslide |
| 崩す | くずす kuzusu | to destroy; to demolish; to pull down |
| 崩落 | ほうらく houraku | collapse; break; cave-in |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.