ホウカイ
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
1. collapse; crumbling; breaking down; caving in
At this rate, the building itself could collapse.
2. (radioactive) decay; disintegration
Pitch accent
ホ
ウカイ
Used in vocabulary (26 in total)
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
shape decomposition; gestaltzerfall
family breakdown; family disintegration; collapse of one's family
Examples (19 in total)
If things continue like this, the plan will collapse.
The parliament collapsed long ago.
The Tudor Dynasty fell in the year 1603.