ほうかい
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. zusammenbrechen; zusammensinken; einstürzen; zerbröckeln; zerfallen; verfallen
2. verrotten; verfaulen
3. Zusammenbruch; Einsturz; Zerfall; Verfall; Niedergang; Krach
4. Zerfall; radioaktiver Zerfall
5. Verfaulen; Verrotten
Pitch accent
うかい
Used in vocabulary (24 in total)
Zusammenbruch der Familie; Niedergang der Familie; Verfall der Familie; Zerfall der Familie
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
Zusammenbruch einer Schulklasse
Platzen der überhitzten Bubble-Wirtschaft (1991)
Gravitationskollaps
inconsistently, horribly drawn animated film or cartoon; animated cartoon episode of lower picture quality than other episodes in the same series
collapse of the medical care system; medical care breakdown
economic collapse; economic meltdown
fall of a wall
Zerfallswärme; Nachzerfallswärme
Atomzerfall; Kernzerfall
Beta-Zerfall; β-Zerfall
price destruction
cytolysis; breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane
debris avalanche (of a volcano); collapse of volcanic edifice; sector collapse
radioaktiver Zerfall
animal hoarding; compulsive accumulation of pets
disintegration of a cell nucleus
rare decay
Alpha-Zerfall; α-Zerfall
Gamma-Zerfall; γ-Zerfall
deep-seated landslide
Examples (11 in total)
The news was all about the collapse of the Soviet Union.
His regime is bound to collapse.
The bridge couldn't sustain the force of the strong current and collapsed.