崩壊ほうかい (houkai)

collapse, decay (physics), crumbling, breaking down, caving in

  • JLPT N1
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Meaning

崩壊 (ほうかい, houkai) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “collapse, decay (physics), crumbling, breaking down, caving in”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

ベルリンの かべ崩壊ほうかいしました

The Berlin Wall collapsed.

我々は地震で道路が崩壊する危険な中を車で10時間ぐらい走った。

We drove our car for about 10 hours through hazardous roads which were collapsing around us during the earthquake and aftershocks.

バブル経済崩壊後の日本の経済の低迷ぶりはひどいものだけれど、どうにもならない。

The Japanese economic slump since the bubble economy burst is terrible, but there is no help for it.

ゆか崩壊ほうかいした。

The floor gave way.