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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

荒こう廃はい

kouhai

to fall into ruin

Example sentences

その国くには戦争せんそうで荒廃こうはいしてしまった。
The country was wasted by war.
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神戸こうべの荒廃こうはいは、私わたしが想像そうぞうしていたとおり酷ひどいものであった。
The devastation in Kobe was as terrible as I had imagined.
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荒廃こうはいの跡あとを見みて、彼かれは戦争せんそうの意味いみを十分じゅうぶんに理解りかいした。
The sight of the ruins brought home to him the meaning of war.
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Kanji in 荒廃

荒laid waste; roughOnコウKunあらす・あれる・あらい
廃abolish; obsoleteOnハイKunすたれる・すたる

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