倒壊

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
倒 壊
とう
Grade: S 		かい
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
倒潰 (dated)

Etymology

壊 is a daiyōji replacing 潰.

Pronunciation

Noun

倒(とう)壊(かい) • (tōkai) 

  1. destruction, collapse

Verb

倒(とう)壊(かい)する • (tōkai suru) suru (stem 倒(とう)壊(かい)し (tōkai shi), past 倒(とう)壊(かい)した (tōkai shita))

  1. to come down, to fall over, to collapse

Conjugation

Conjugation of "倒壊する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 倒壊し とうかいし tōkai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 倒壊し とうかいし tōkai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 倒壊する とうかいする tōkai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 倒壊する とうかいする tōkai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 倒壊すれ とうかいすれ tōkai sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 倒壊せよ¹
倒壊しろ² 		とうかいせよ¹
とうかいしろ² 		tōkai seyo¹
tōkai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 倒壊される とうかいされる tōkai sareru
Causative 倒壊させる
倒壊さす 		とうかいさせる
とうかいさす 		tōkai saseru
tōkai sasu
Potential 倒壊できる とうかいできる tōkai dekiru
Volitional 倒壊しよう とうかいしよう tōkai shiyō
Negative 倒壊しない とうかいしない tōkai shinai
Negative continuative 倒壊せず とうかいせず tōkai sezu
Formal 倒壊します とうかいします tōkai shimasu
Perfective 倒壊した とうかいした tōkai shita
Conjunctive 倒壊して とうかいして tōkai shite
Hypothetical conditional 倒壊すれば とうかいすれば tōkai sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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