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ホウカイ
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. collapse; crumbling; breaking down; caving in
2. (radioactive) decay; disintegration
Alt. forms
崩ほう壊かい
99%
崩ほう潰かい
ホウカイ
Pitch accent
ホ
ウカイ
Conjugations...Used in: 3
Used in vocabulary (24 in total)
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
family breakdown; family disintegration; collapse of one's family
class disruption (e.g. due to discipline problems); classroom chaos
21 more...
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.
The building crumbled to pieces three years ago.
The dam burst and water flooded the valley.
The Cold War ended when the Soviet Union collapsed.
The bursting of Japan's so-called bubble economy sent shock waves through international markets.
His flawlessly ordered life collapsed when his drug-addict brothers appeared.
The Tudor Dynasty fell in the year 1603.
The Berlin Wall fell in November 1989.
During the Depression in the 1930's, many wealthy people lost everything in the stock market crash.