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Meaning of 荒廃 in Japanese
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荒廃JLPT 1
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Kana Readingこうはい
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Romajikōhai
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
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Examples of 荒廃, こうはい in a sentence
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The war wasted the country.
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The devastation in Kobe was as terrible as I had imagined.
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The sight of the ruins brought home to him the meaning of war.
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The sight of the ruins brought home to him the meaning of war.
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The castle was in disrepair.
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The country was wasted by war.
Related Kanji
荒
JLPT 2
9 strokes
laid waste, rough, rude, wild
On'Yomi: コウ
Kun'Yomi: あら.い, あら-, あ.れる, あ.らす, -あ.らし, すさ.む
廃
JLPT 1
12 strokes
abolish, obsolete, cessation, discarding, abandon
On'Yomi: ハイ
Kun'Yomi: すた.れる, すた.る