崩壊

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See also: 崩壞 and 崩坏
See also: 崩潰 and 崩溃

Japanese

Kanji in this term
崩 壊
ほう
Grade: S 		かい
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
崩壞 (kyūjitai)
崩潰 (dated)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 崩潰 (MC pong hwojH). 壊 (kai) is a daiyōji replacing 潰 (kai).

Pronunciation

Noun

崩(ほう)壊(かい) • (hōkai) 

  1. decay, deterioration, disintegration
  2. collapse

Verb

崩(ほう)壊(かい)する • (hōkai suru) suru (stem 崩(ほう)壊(かい)し (hōkai shi), past 崩(ほう)壊(かい)した (hōkai shita))

  1. to collapse
  2. to decay, to deteriorate, to disintegrate
    組(そ)織(しき)が崩(ほう)壊(かい)した。
    Soshiki ga hōkaishita.
    The organization deteriorated.

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

Derived terms

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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