Word Meaning 倒壊

とうかい toukai

倒壊 is read as とうかい (toukai) and means destruction.

Meaning

English

  1. destruction
  2. collapse
  3. crumbling

Reading

Kana

とうかい

Romaji

toukai

Writing Variants

  • 倒潰 とうかい toukai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 18815 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

倒錯

とうさく

inversion

倒閣

とうかく

overthrow of government

倒産企業

とうさんきぎょう

bankrupt company

倒立振子

とうりつふりこ

inverted pendulum

倒幕運動

とうばくうんどう

movement to overthrow the shogunate (mid-19th century)

破壊

はかい

(application) crash

崩壊

ほうかい

(radioactive) decay

損壊

そんかい

damage

決壊

けっかい

burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee)

全壊

ぜんかい

complete destruction

自壊

じかい

disintegration

半壊

はんかい

partial destruction

Example Sentences

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The building collapsed in the earthquake.

The house just crumbled, turning into a pile of stones.

The typhoon destroyed many houses.

Down fell the house a week later.

A lot of buildings collapsed in Japan due to the earthquake yesterday.