Word Meaning 破綻

はたん hatan

破綻 is read as はたん (hatan) and means tear (in clothing, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. tear (in clothing, etc.)
  2. rip
  3. split
  4. failure
  5. collapse
  6. breakdown
  7. break-up
  8. bankruptcy

Reading

Kana

はたん

Romaji

hatan

Writing Variants

  • 破たん はたん hatan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 2級 Rank 8331 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

破綻国家

はたんこっか

failed state

破綻を来す

はたんをきたす

to be ruined

経済破綻

けいざいはたん

economic collapse

経営破綻

けいえいはたん

business failure

財政破綻

ざいせいはたん

economic collapse

破壊

はかい

(application) crash

破産

はさん

bankruptcy

破片

はへん

fragment

破裂

はれつ

breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.)

破局

はきょく

catastrophe

破棄

はき

reversal (of an original ruling on appeal)

破る

やぶる

to break (a record)

Example Sentences

3

This project is on a path to failure.

Because he was unemployed, their wedlock failed.

Japanese bureaucrats are nothing but traitors to the country who covet our tax money and will continue the practice of amakudari until the country is bankrupt.