破壊

See also: 破壞 and 破坏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
破 壊
は
Grade: 5
かい
Grade: S
on’yomi kan’on
Alternative spelling
破壞 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

    Noun

    破(は)壊(かい) • (hakai) ←はくわい (fakwai)?

    1. destruction, demolition

    Derived terms

    • 破(は)壊(かい)的(てき) (hakaiteki)

    Verb

    破(は)壊(かい)する • (hakai suru) suru (stem 破(は)壊(かい)し (hakai shi), past 破(は)壊(かい)した (hakai shita))

    1. destroy; demolish; vandalize
      多(おお)くの戦艦(せんかん)が真珠湾(しんじゅわん)で破壊(はかい)された。
      ōku no senkan ga Shinjuwan de hakai sareta.
      Many battleships were destroyed in Pearl Harbor.

    Conjugation

    References

    1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
    3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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