破局

Reading

Kana: はきょく

Romaji: hakyoku

Definition

noun

1

catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)

Kanji

破

Readings: ハ、 やぶ.る、 やぶ.れる、 わ.れる

Meanings: rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate

局

Readings: キョク、 つぼね

Meanings: bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment

Example Sentence

そのような情緒(じょうちょ)と行動(こうどう)の分離(ぶんり)に比(くら)べれば、破局的(はきょくてき)結果(けっか)の方(ほう)がまだましである。

➥Even disaster is better than such a divorce between emotion and action.