かい
Meanings
Noun
1. こわすこと。
ある程度以上に大きいもの、高度に組み立てられたもの、社会制度などを
2. こわれること。
そのようなものが
Kanji used
to tear
break
Pitch accent
かい
Top 1700
Used in vocabulary (30 in total)
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
destructive; devastating
subversive activities
environmental destruction
destruction of nature
self-destruction; self-sabotage
sudden, wide-spread drop in prices
non-destructive
iconoclasm; image breaking
rate of destruction; destruction ratio
ozone layer depletion
subversive; subversive element
(Japanese) Anti-Subversive Activities Act
shoot-down order (e.g. for ballistic missile)
destructive addition
Examples (23 in total)
Culture destroys language.
Most houses were destroyed to pieces.
Old customs are gradually being destroyed.