To Be Broken
To Get Broken
intransitive verb, ichidan verb
壊す is "to break something." 壊れる is when something just gets broken or is broken, and you're not doing the breaking. This is to be broken.
The reading comes from 壊す, so try not to break any of your memories and remember this.
この電子レンジ、よく壊れるんですよ。
This microwave breaks a lot.
時計が壊れたので修理に出すつもりです。
My watch is broken so I'm going to send it in for repair.
大事に使っていたニンテンドーDSがついに壊れてしまった。
My Nintendo DS, which I had been using with great care, finally broke.
寝過ごして朝ごはんを食べ損ねた上に、車が壊れたんだ。本当に今日はついてないよ。
I overslept, missed my breakfast, and then my car broke down. It's really not my day today.