Meaning
没落 (ぼつらく, botsuraku) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “ruin, fall, collapse”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 9
その帝国は没落した
That empire came to ruin.
治家は敗れ没落する。
Haruie lost, and he fell.
彼の没落は必至である.
He is doomed.
欲の深さが彼を没落させた。
His greed brought him low.
自身が没落することになる。
He himself will come to ruin.
このため敗戦後、戦前の京都学派は没落した。
Therefore, the prewar Kyoto school was ruined after losing the war.
商売でそんな失敗をしたらどんな会社でも没落する。
Such a business failure would sink any company.
彼はその経歴の絶頂にあった時、スキャンダルが起こって彼を没落させた。
When he was at the acme of his career, a scandal brought about his downfall.
しかし、戦国時代を境にその動静は確認できなくなり、没落したと思われる。
However, after the Warring States Period, their status was unclear, and it is considered that they became ruined.