Word Meaning 荒廃

こうはい kouhai

荒廃 is read as こうはい (kouhai) and means ruin.

Meaning

English

  1. ruin
  2. destruction
  3. devastation
  4. waste
  5. decay

Reading

Kana

こうはい

Romaji

kouhai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Antonyms 再建,復興 Rank 15741 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

荒れ模様

あれもよう

stormy

荒唐無稽

こうとうむけい

absurd

荒稼ぎ

あらかせぎ

making a killing

退廃

たいはい

decline (in prosperity)

全廃

ぜんぱい

total abolition

撤廃

てっぱい

annulment

存廃

そんぱい

maintenance or abolition (of a system, institution, etc.)

改廃

かいはい

reform and (or) abolition

産廃

さんぱい

industrial waste

老廃

ろうはい

deterioration (due to age)

山廃

やまはい

sake brewing using natural yeast and no mashing

規制撤廃

きせいてっぱい

abolition of regulations

Example Sentences

2

せんそうでくにがこうはいした。

The country was devastated by the war.

The devastation in Kobe was as terrible as I had imagined.