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崩壊 (ほうかい): collapse, decay (physics), crumbling — Japanese vocabulary

崩壊 is read ほうかい and means "collapse, decay (physics), crumbling". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

崩壊

Reading
ほうかい · houkai
Translation
collapse, decay (physics), crumbling
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ほうかいが

Example

冷戦はソビエトの崩壊と共に終わった。

れいせんはソビエトのほうかいとともにおわった。

The Cold War ended when the Soviet Union collapsed.

Kanji in this word

  • 崩 — collapse, crumble
  • 壊 — break, destroy

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