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
Pitch accent
うかいす
んぜん
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.