Illustration: On a Japanese beach, a child's elaborate sandcastle is collapsing after a small wave has undercut its lowest wall. The central tower tilts into the courtyard, its sides breaking into loose chunks while neighboring arches crumble outward.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

崩ほう壊かい

houkai

to collapse

Example sentences

彼かれの政権せいけんはきっと崩壊ほうかいする。
His regime is bound to collapse.
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その建物たてものは三年前さんねんまえに崩壊ほうかいした。
The building crumbled to pieces three years ago.
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橋はしは強つよい流ながれに耐たえられず崩壊ほうかいした。
The bridge couldn’t sustain the force of the strong current and collapsed.
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Kanji in 崩壊

崩crumble; dieOnホウKunくずれる・くずす
壊demolition; breakOnカイ・エKunこわす・こわれる・やぶる

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