Word Meaning 没落

ぼつらく botsuraku

没落 is read as ぼつらく (botsuraku) and means ruin.

Meaning

English

ruin
fall
collapse
downfall
bankruptcy

Reading

Kana

ぼつらく

Romaji

botsuraku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 3級 Antonyms 興隆,勃興 Rank 7157 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

没頭

ぼっとう

immersing oneself in

没

ぼつ

death

没後

ぼつご

after death

没収

ぼっしゅう

forfeiture

没年

ぼつねん

one's age at death

没法子

めーふぁーず

it can't be helped

没個性的

ぼつこせいてき

impersonal

没収試合

ぼっしゅうじあい

forfeited game

没入感

ぼつにゅうかん

sense of immersion (in a video game, movie, etc.)

没食子

ぼっしょくし

gallnut

没理想

ぼつりそう

(literary) realism

墜落

ついらく

fall

Example Sentences

欲の深さが彼を没落させた。

His greed brought him low.

あそこの人は社長の為に没落したのではあるまいか。

That fellow over there might be the one who was ruined by the company's president.