How to say collapse in Japanese

JLPTN1
崩壊★【ほうかいhoukai】崩潰 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • collapse; crumbling; breaking down; caving in
  • (radioactive) decay; disintegration - Physics term ➜ α崩壊

Example Sentences

彼のkareno政権seikenはhaきっとkitto崩壊houkaiするsuru。
His regime is bound to collapse.
時代遅れjidaiokureのnoそのsono政権seikenはha崩壊houkai寸前sunzenだda。
The obsolete regime is about to collapse.
休暇kyuukaをwo取らないtoranaiとto、体karadaがga参ってmaitteしまいますshimaimasuよyo。
If you don't take a vacation, you'll collapse.
壊れかかっていたkowarekakatteitaのでnode、技師gishi達tachiはhaそのsono橋hashiをwo爆破bakuhaしたshita。
The engineers blew up the bridge because it was about to collapse.
ニュースNYUUSUはhaソ連soren崩壊houkaiのnoものmonoばかりbakariだったdatta。
The news was all about the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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