ほうかいすんぜん
Meanings
Noun
Four character compound
1. on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
Kanji used
crumble
break
a few centimeters
in front of
Pitch accent
うかいす
んぜん
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Composed of
zusammenbrechen; zusammensinken; verrotten; verfaulen; Zusammenbruch; Einsturz
kurze Zeitspanne vor etw.; unmittelbar vor; kurz vor
Examples (2 in total)
The country's economy is about to collapse.
The obsolete regime is about to collapse.